Dhanteras 2016 in Polatlı, Ankara, Turkey Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:47–20:35, Thu 27 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Dhanteras 2016 in Polatlı?
Thursday 27 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 27 Oct in PolatlıDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55–20:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:47 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 Polatlı?
Dhanteras is on Thu 27 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55–20:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:47 to 20:35.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:55–20:35. Trayodashi: 13:45 to 15:50 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 15:50; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 13:45 Thu to 15:50.
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 13:45 on Thu 27 Oct to 15:50 on Fri 28 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:55–20:35) 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.