Dhanteras 2002 in Vapi, Gujarat Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:48–20:34, Sat 2 Nov
Gujarat, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2002 in Vapi?
Saturday 2 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 2 Nov in VapiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:34. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:48 to 20:34.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2002 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 2 Nov in Vapi?
Dhanteras is on Sat 2 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:03–20:34. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:48 to 20:34.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:03–20:34. Trayodashi: 12:54 to 09:23 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 09:23; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 12:54 on Sat 2 Nov to 09:23 on Sun 3 Nov, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:03–20:34) 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.