Dhanteras 2000 in Vapi, Gujarat Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:22–20:37, Tue 24 Oct
Gujarat, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2000 in Vapi?
Tuesday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 24 Oct in VapiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:08–20:37. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:22 to 20:37.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2000 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 24 Oct in Vapi?
Dhanteras is on Tue 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:08–20:37. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:22 to 20:37.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:08–20:37. Trayodashi: 16:56 to 15:26 Wed.
Trayodashi ended at 15:26; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:56 Tue to 15:26.
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 16:56 on Tue 24 Oct to 15:26 on Wed 25 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:08–20:37) 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.