Dhanteras 2016 in Itapiúna, Ceará, Brazil Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:42–19:48, Thu 27 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Dhanteras 2016 in Itapiúna?
Thursday 27 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 27 Oct in ItapiúnaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:27–19:48. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:42 to 19:48.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2016 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 27 Oct in Itapiúna?
Dhanteras is on Thu 27 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:27–19:48. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:42 to 19:48.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:27–19:48. Trayodashi: 07:45 to 09:50 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 09:50; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 07:45 on Thu 27 Oct to 09:50 on Fri 28 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:27–19:48) 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.