Dhanteras 2003 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:12–20:33, Thu 23 Oct
Festival · times in SAST
When is Dhanteras 2003 in Maclear?
Thursday 23 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 23 Oct in MaclearDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:22–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:12 to 20:33.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2003 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 23 Oct in Maclear?
Dhanteras is on Thu 23 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:22–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:12 to 20:33.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 23:52.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:22–20:33. Trayodashi: 23:52 Wed to 21:17.
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 23:52 on Wed 22 Oct to 21:17 on Thu 23 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:22–20:33) 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.