Dhanteras 2004 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:21–20:24, Wed 10 Nov
Festival · times in EAT
When is Dhanteras 2004 in Finote Selam?
Wednesday 10 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 10 Nov in Finote SelamDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:21 to 20:24.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2004 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 10 Nov in Finote Selam?
Dhanteras is on Wed 10 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:21 to 20:24.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 23:30.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:04–20:32. Trayodashi: 23:30 Tue to 22:04.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). 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 23:30 on Tue 9 Nov to 22:04 on Wed 10 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:04–20:32) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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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.