Dhanteras 2012 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:12–19:03, Sun 11 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Dhanteras 2012 in Chahārbāgh?
Sunday 11 November
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Full panchang for Sun 11 Nov in ChahārbāghDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:02–19:45. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:12 to 19:03.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2012 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 11 Nov in Chahārbāgh?
Dhanteras is on Sun 11 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:02–19:45. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:12 to 19:03.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:02–19:45. Trayodashi: 11:28 to 08:33 Mon.
Trayodashi ended at 08:33; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:30). 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 11:28 on Sun 11 Nov to 08:33 on Mon 12 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:02–19:45) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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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.