Dhanteras 1998 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:44–20:32, Sat 17 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 1998 in Pāthardi?
Saturday 17 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 17 Oct in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:44 to 20:32.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1998 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 17 Oct in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Sat 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:44 to 20:32.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:05–20:32. Trayodashi: 08:37 to 10:47 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 10:47; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 08:37 on Sat 17 Oct to 10:47 on Sun 18 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:05–20:32) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
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.