Dhanteras 2016 in Quva, Fergana, Uzbekistan Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:05–19:53, Thu 27 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+5
When is Dhanteras 2016 in Quva?
Thursday 27 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 27 Oct in QuvaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:14–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:05 to 19:53.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2016 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 27 Oct in Quva?
Dhanteras is on Thu 27 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:14–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:05 to 19:53.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:14–19:54. Trayodashi: 15:45 to 17:50 Fri.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 17:50; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 15:45 Thu to 17:50.
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 began at 15:45 on Thu 27 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 17:50 on Fri 28 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Thu 27 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.