Dhanteras 2008 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:07–20:28, Sun 26 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2008 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 26 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 26 Oct in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:58–20:28. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:07 to 20:28.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2008 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 26 Oct in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Sun 26 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:58–20:28. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:07 to 20:28.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:20 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:58–20:28. Trayodashi: 02:20 to 02:45 Mon.
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 02:20 on Sun 26 Oct to 02:45 on Mon 27 Oct, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:58–20:28) 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.