Dhanteras 2000 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:05–20:34, Tue 24 Oct
Festival · times in SAST
When is Dhanteras 2000 in Maclear?
Tuesday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 24 Oct in MaclearDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:24–20:34. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:05 to 20:34.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2000 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 24 Oct in Maclear?
Dhanteras is on Tue 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:24–20:34. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:05 to 20:34.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:24–20:34. Trayodashi: 13:26 to 11:56 Wed.
Trayodashi ended at 11:56; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 13:26 on Tue 24 Oct to 11:56 on Wed 25 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:24–20:34) 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.