Dhanteras 2012 in Goderich, Western Area, Sierra Leone Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:43–20:47, Sun 11 Nov
Festival · times in GMT
When is Dhanteras 2012 in Goderich?
Sunday 11 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 11 Nov in GoderichDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:30–20:56. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:43 to 20:47.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2012 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 11 Nov in Goderich?
Dhanteras is on Sun 11 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:30–20:56. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:43 to 20:47.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 07:58 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:30–20:56. Trayodashi: 07:58 to 05:03 Mon.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC). 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 07:58 on Sun 11 Nov to 05:03 on Mon 12 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:30–20:56) 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.