Dhanteras 2003 in Thazhecode, Kerala Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:30–20:30, Thu 23 Oct
Kerala, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2003 in Thazhecode?
Thursday 23 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 23 Oct in ThazhecodeDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:30. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 20:30.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2003 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 23 Oct in Thazhecode?
Dhanteras is on Thu 23 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:30. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 20:30.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 03:22 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:04–20:30. Trayodashi: 03:22 to 00:47 Fri.
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 03:22 on Thu 23 Oct to 00:47 on Fri 24 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:04–20:30) 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.