Dhanteras 2011 in Businga, Nord-Ubangi, Democratic Republic of the Congo Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:47–19:45, Mon 24 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 2011 in Businga?
Monday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 24 Oct in BusingaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:21–19:45. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:47 to 19:45.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2011 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 24 Oct in Businga?
Dhanteras is on Mon 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:21–19:45. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:47 to 19:45.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 08:02 Mon.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:21–19:45. Trayodashi: 08:02 to 04:32 Tue.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 08:02 on Mon 24 Oct to 04:32 on Tue 25 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (17:21–19:45) 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.