Dhanteras 2013 in Thazhecode, Kerala Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:53–20:28, Fri 1 Nov
Kerala, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2013 in Thazhecode?
Friday 1 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 1 Nov in ThazhecodeDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:28. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:53 to 20:28.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2013 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 1 Nov in Thazhecode?
Dhanteras is on Fri 1 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:01–20:28. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:53 to 20:28.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 22:17. Trayodashi: 22:17 to 21:34 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:01–20:28. Trayodashi: 22:17 Thu to 21:34.
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 22:17 on Thu 31 Oct to 21:34 on Fri 1 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:01–20:28) 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.