Dhanteras 2001 in Libode, Eastern Cape, South Africa Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:50–20:41, Mon 12 Nov
Festival · times in SAST
When is Dhanteras 2001 in Libode?
Monday 12 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 12 Nov in LibodeDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:37–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:50 to 20:41.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2001 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 12 Nov in Libode?
Dhanteras is on Mon 12 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:37–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:50 to 20:41.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:37–20:41. Trayodashi: 15:28 to 12:56 Tue.
Trayodashi ended at 12:56; 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 15:28 on Mon 12 Nov to 12:56 on Tue 13 Nov, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:37–20:41) 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.