Dhanteras 2014 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:42–20:36, Tue 21 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 2014 in Finote Selam?
Tuesday 21 October
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Full panchang for Tue 21 Oct in Finote SelamDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:10–20:36. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:42 to 20:36.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2014 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 21 Oct in Finote Selam?
Dhanteras is on Tue 21 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:10–20:36. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:42 to 20:36.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 20:52. Trayodashi: 20:52 to 22:42 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:10–20:36. Trayodashi: 20:52 Mon to 22:42.
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 20:52 on Mon 20 Oct to 22:42 on Tue 21 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:10–20:36) 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.