Dhanteras 2016 in Lib, Lib Island, Marshall Islands Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:37–20:55, Fri 28 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+12
When is Dhanteras 2016 in Lib?
Friday 28 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 28 Oct in LibDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:29–20:55. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:37 to 20:55.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2016 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 28 Oct in Lib?
Dhanteras is on Fri 28 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:29–20:55. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:37 to 20:55.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 22:45. Trayodashi: 22:45 to 00:50 Sat.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:29–20:55. Trayodashi: 22:45 Thu to 00:50 Sat.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+12). 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 22:45 on Thu 27 Oct to 00:50 on Sat 29 Oct, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:29–20:55) 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.