Dhanteras 2014 in Midleton, Munster, Ireland Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:20–20:56, Mon 20 Oct
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2014 in Midleton?
Monday 20 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 20 Oct in MidletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:28–21:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:20 to 20:56.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2014 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 20 Oct in Midleton?
Dhanteras is on Mon 20 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Tue 21 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:28–21:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:20 to 20:56.
Dwadashi until 18:52, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:52 to 20:42 Tue.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 20:42; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:52 Mon to 20:42.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 18:52 on Mon 20 Oct to 20:42 on Tue 21 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Mon 20 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.