Dhanteras 2004 in Thazhecode, Kerala Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:16–20:19, Wed 10 Nov
Kerala, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2004 in Thazhecode?
Wednesday 10 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 10 Nov in ThazhecodeDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:59–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:16 to 20:19.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2004 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 10 Nov in Thazhecode?
Dhanteras is on Wed 10 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:59–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:16 to 20:19.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:00 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:59–20:27. Trayodashi: 02:00 to 00:34 Thu.
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 02:00 on Wed 10 Nov to 00:34 on Thu 11 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:59–20:27) 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.