Dhanteras 2008 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:20–20:34, Sun 26 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 2008 in Finote Selam?
Sunday 26 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 26 Oct in Finote SelamDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:08–20:34. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:20 to 20:34.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2008 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 26 Oct in Finote Selam?
Dhanteras is on Sun 26 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:08–20:34. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:20 to 20:34.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 23:50.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:08–20:34. Trayodashi: 23:50 Sat to 00:15 Mon.
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 23:50 on Sat 25 Oct to 00:15 on Mon 27 Oct, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:08–20:34) 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.