Dhanteras 2003 in Progress, Amur Oblast, Russia Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:07–20:46, Thu 23 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+10
When is Dhanteras 2003 in Progress?
Thursday 23 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 23 Oct in ProgressDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:16–21:00. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:07 to 20:46.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2003 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 23 Oct in Progress?
Dhanteras is on Thu 23 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:16–21:00. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:07 to 20:46.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 07:52 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:16–21:00. Trayodashi: 07:52 to 05:17 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+10). 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 07:52 on Thu 23 Oct to 05:17 on Fri 24 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:16–21:00) 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.