Dhanteras 2008 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:24–20:22, Sat 25 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Dhanteras 2008 in Davinópolis?
Saturday 25 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 25 Oct in DavinópolisDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:24 to 20:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2008 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 25 Oct in Davinópolis?
Dhanteras is on Sat 25 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:24 to 20:22.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:01–20:22. Trayodashi: 17:50 to 18:15 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:15; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 17:50 Sat to 18:15.
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 began at 17:50 on Sat 25 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:15 on Sun 26 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Sat 25 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.