Dhanteras 2016 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:54–20:35, Thu 27 Oct
Festival · times in SAST
When is Dhanteras 2016 in Maclear?
Thursday 27 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 27 Oct in MaclearDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:26–20:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:54 to 20:35.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2016 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 27 Oct in Maclear?
Dhanteras is on Thu 27 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:26–20:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:54 to 20:35.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:26–20:35. Trayodashi: 12:45 to 14:50 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 14:50; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 12:45 on Thu 27 Oct to 14:50 on Fri 28 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:26–20:35) 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.