Dhanteras 2000 in Same, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:47–20:41, Tue 24 Oct
Festival · times in EAT
When is Dhanteras 2000 in Same?
Tuesday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 24 Oct in SameDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:20–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:47 to 20:41.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2000 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 24 Oct in Same?
Dhanteras is on Tue 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:20–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:47 to 20:41.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:20–20:41. Trayodashi: 14:26 to 12:56 Wed.
Trayodashi ended at 12:56; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 14:26 on Tue 24 Oct to 12:56 on Wed 25 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:20–20:41) 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.