Dhanteras 2016 in Pomoca, Tabasco, Mexico Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:45–21:11, Thu 27 Oct
Festival · times in CDT
When is Dhanteras 2016 in Pomoca?
Thursday 27 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 27 Oct in PomocaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:41–21:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:45 to 21:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2016 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 27 Oct in Pomoca?
Dhanteras is on Thu 27 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:41–21:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:45 to 21:11.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 05:45 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:41–21:11. Trayodashi: 05:45 to 07:50 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). 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 05:45 on Thu 27 Oct to 07:50 on Fri 28 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:41–21:11) 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.