Dhanteras 2016 in Progress, Amur Oblast, Russia Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:44–19:24, Fri 28 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+9
When is Dhanteras 2016 in Progress?
Friday 28 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 28 Oct in ProgressDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:05–19:53. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:44 to 19:24.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2016 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 28 Oct in Progress?
Dhanteras is on Fri 28 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:05–19:53. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:44 to 19:24.
Dwadashi until 19:45, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:45 to 21:50 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:05–19:53. Trayodashi: 19:45 Thu to 21:50.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+9). 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 19:45 on Thu 27 Oct to 21:50 on Fri 28 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Fri 28 Oct. 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.