Dhanteras 2002 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:57–20:27, Sat 2 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−5
When is Dhanteras 2002 in Cuenca?
Saturday 2 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 2 Nov in CuencaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:57 to 20:27.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2002 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 2 Nov in Cuenca?
Dhanteras is on Sat 2 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:57 to 20:27.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:24 Sat.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:06–20:27. Trayodashi: 02:24 to 22:53.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). 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 02:24 on Sat 2 Nov to 22:53 on Sat 2 Nov, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:06–20:27) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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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.