Dhanteras 2003 in Temascal, Oaxaca, Mexico Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:21–21:27, Wed 22 Oct
Festival · times in CDT
When is Dhanteras 2003 in Temascal?
Wednesday 22 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 22 Oct in TemascalDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:58–21:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:21 to 21:27.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2003 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 22 Oct in Temascal?
Dhanteras is on Wed 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:58–21:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:21 to 21:27.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:58–21:27. Trayodashi: 16:52 to 14:17 Thu.
Trayodashi ended at 14:17; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). 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 16:52 on Wed 22 Oct to 14:17 on Thu 23 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:58–21:27) 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.