Dhanteras 1998 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:57–20:37, Sat 17 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1998 in Finote Selam?
Saturday 17 October
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Full panchang for Sat 17 Oct in Finote SelamDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:37. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:57 to 20:37.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1998 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 17 Oct in Finote Selam?
Dhanteras is on Sat 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:37. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:57 to 20:37.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 06:07 Sat.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:12–20:37. Trayodashi: 06:07 to 08:17 Sun.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Trayodashi runs from 06:07 on Sat 17 Oct to 08:17 on Sun 18 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:12–20:37) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose pradosha Trayodashi holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.