Dhanteras 2013 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:58–20:33, Fri 1 Nov
Festival · times in EAT
When is Dhanteras 2013 in Finote Selam?
Friday 1 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 1 Nov in Finote SelamDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:58 to 20:33.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2013 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 1 Nov in Finote Selam?
Dhanteras is on Fri 1 Nov: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Thu 31 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:58 to 20:33.
Dwadashi until 19:47, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:47 to 19:04 Fri.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:04; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 19:47 Thu to 19:04.
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 19:47 on Thu 31 Oct to 19:04 on Fri 1 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Fri 1 Nov. 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.