Dhanteras 2012 in Polatlı, Ankara, Turkey Dhanteras puja muhurat 16:48–18:37, Sun 11 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 2012 in Polatlı?
Sunday 11 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 11 Nov in PolatlıDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:39–19:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:48 to 18:37.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2012 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 11 Nov in Polatlı?
Dhanteras is on Sun 11 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:39–19:26. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:48 to 18:37.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:39–19:26. Trayodashi: 09:58 to 07:03 Mon.
Trayodashi ended at 07:03; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 09:58 on Sun 11 Nov to 07:03 on Mon 12 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (16:39–19:26) 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.