Dhanteras 2011 in Pomoca, Tabasco, Mexico Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:00–21:12, Mon 24 Oct
Festival · times in CDT
When is Dhanteras 2011 in Pomoca?
Monday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 24 Oct in PomocaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:43–21:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:00 to 21:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2011 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 24 Oct in Pomoca?
Dhanteras is on Mon 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:43–21:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:00 to 21:12.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:02 Mon.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:43–21:12. Trayodashi: 02:02 to 22:32.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). 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 02:02 on Mon 24 Oct to 22:32 on Mon 24 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:43–21:12) 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.