Dhanteras 2014 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:36–19:59, Tue 21 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Dhanteras 2014 in Chahārbāgh?
Tuesday 21 October
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Full panchang for Tue 21 Oct in ChahārbāghDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:24–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:36 to 19:59.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2014 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 21 Oct in Chahārbāgh?
Dhanteras is on Tue 21 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:24–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:36 to 19:59.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:22. Trayodashi: 21:22 to 23:12 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:24–19:59. Trayodashi: 21:22 Mon to 23:12.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:30). 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 21:22 on Mon 20 Oct to 23:12 on Tue 21 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:24–19:59) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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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.