Dhanteras 2006 in Atliaca, Guerrero, Mexico Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:49–21:41, Wed 18 Oct
Festival · times in CDT
When is Dhanteras 2006 in Atliaca?
Wednesday 18 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 18 Oct in AtliacaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:13–21:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:49 to 21:41.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2006 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 18 Oct in Atliaca?
Dhanteras is on Wed 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 19:13–21:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:49 to 21:41.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 19:13–21:41. Trayodashi: 16:38 to 19:21 Thu.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:21; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:38 Wed to 19:21.
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 began at 16:38 on Wed 18 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 19:21 on Thu 19 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Wed 18 Oct. 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.