Dhanteras 2008 in Şefaatlı, Yozgat, Turkey Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:40–19:25, Sun 26 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 2008 in Şefaatlı?
Sunday 26 October
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Full panchang for Sun 26 Oct in ŞefaatlıDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:46–19:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:40 to 19:25.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2008 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 26 Oct in Şefaatlı?
Dhanteras is on Sun 26 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:46–19:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:40 to 19:25.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 23:50.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:46–19:25. Trayodashi: 23:50 Sat to 23:15.
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 runs from 23:50 on Sat 25 Oct to 23:15 on Sun 26 Oct, so only Sunday’s pradosha (16:46–19:25) 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.