Dhanteras 2016 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:11–19:54, Thu 27 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Dhanteras 2016 in Chahārbāgh?
Thursday 27 October
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Full panchang for Thu 27 Oct in ChahārbāghDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:16–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:11 to 19:54.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2016 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 27 Oct in Chahārbāgh?
Dhanteras is on Thu 27 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:16–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:11 to 19:54.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:16–19:54. Trayodashi: 14:15 to 16:20 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 16:20; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 14:15 Thu to 16:20.
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 14:15 on Thu 27 Oct to 16:20 on Fri 28 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:16–19:54) 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.