Dhanteras 2013 in Deva, Hunedoara County, Romania Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:52–19:36, Thu 31 Oct
Festival · times in EET
When is Dhanteras 2013 in Deva?
Thursday 31 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 31 Oct in DevaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:16–20:02. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:52 to 19:36.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2013 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 31 Oct in Deva?
Dhanteras is on Thu 31 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Fri 1 Nov.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:16–20:02. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:52 to 19:36.
Dwadashi until 18:47, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:47 to 18:04 Fri.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:04; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:47 Thu to 18:04.
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 18:47 on Thu 31 Oct to 18:04 on Fri 1 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Thu 31 Oct. 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.