Dhanteras 2017 in Congleton, England, United Kingdom Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:01–20:36, Tue 17 Oct
Festival · times in BST
When is Dhanteras 2017 in Congleton?
Tuesday 17 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in CongletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:08–20:50. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:01 to 20:36.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2017 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 17 Oct in Congleton?
Dhanteras is on Tue 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Mon 16 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:08–20:50. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:01 to 20:36.
Dwadashi until 19:56, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:56 to 19:38 Tue.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:38; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 19:56 Mon to 19:38.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 19:56 on Mon 16 Oct to 19:38 on Tue 17 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Tue 17 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.