Dhanteras 2012 in Vapi, Gujarat Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:11–20:10, Sun 11 Nov
Gujarat, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2012 in Vapi?
Sunday 11 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 11 Nov in VapiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:59–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:11 to 20:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2012 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 11 Nov in Vapi?
Dhanteras is on Sun 11 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:59–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:11 to 20:10.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:59–20:32. Trayodashi: 13:28 to 10:33 Mon.
Trayodashi ended at 10:33; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 13:28 on Sun 11 Nov to 10:33 on Mon 12 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:59–20:32) 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.