Dhanteras 2012 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:18–20:24, Sun 11 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Dhanteras 2012 in Davinópolis?
Sunday 11 November
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Full panchang for Sun 11 Nov in DavinópolisDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:18 to 20:24.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2012 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 11 Nov in Davinópolis?
Dhanteras is on Sun 11 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:04–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:18 to 20:24.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 04:58 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:04–20:24. Trayodashi: 04:58 to 02:03 Mon.
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 04:58 on Sun 11 Nov to 02:03 on Mon 12 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:04–20:24) 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.