Dhanteras 2015 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:19–20:19, Sun 8 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2015 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 8 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 8 Nov in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:19 to 20:19.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2015 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 8 Nov in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Sun 8 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:19 to 20:19.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:52–20:24. Trayodashi: 16:31 to 19:06 Mon.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:06; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:31 Sun to 19:06.
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 began at 16:31 on Sun 8 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 19:06 on Mon 9 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Sun 8 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.