Dhanteras 2002 in Temascal, Oaxaca, Mexico Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:37–20:23, Sat 2 Nov
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 2002 in Temascal?
Saturday 2 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 2 Nov in TemascalDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:37 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2002 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 2 Nov in Temascal?
Dhanteras is on Sat 2 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:37 to 20:23.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 01:24 Sat.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:52–20:23. Trayodashi: 01:24 to 21:53.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). 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 01:24 on Sat 2 Nov to 21:53 on Sat 2 Nov, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:52–20:23) 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.