Dhanteras 2017 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:51–20:02, Tue 17 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Dhanteras 2017 in Chahārbāgh?
Tuesday 17 October
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Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in ChahārbāghDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:28–20:02. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:51 to 20:02.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2017 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 17 Oct in Chahārbāgh?
Dhanteras is on Tue 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:28–20:02. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:51 to 20:02.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 22:26. Trayodashi: 22:26 to 22:08 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:28–20:02. Trayodashi: 22:26 Mon to 22:08.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:30). 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 22:26 on Mon 16 Oct to 22:08 on Tue 17 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:28–20:02) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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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.