Dhanteras 2002 in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:08–20:45, Sat 2 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2002 in Offa?
Saturday 2 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 2 Nov in OffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:19–20:45. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:08 to 20:45.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2002 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 2 Nov in Offa?
Dhanteras is on Sat 2 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:19–20:45. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:08 to 20:45.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 08:24 Sat.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:19–20:45. Trayodashi: 08:24 to 04:53 Sun.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 08:24 on Sat 2 Nov to 04:53 on Sun 3 Nov, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:19–20:45) 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.