Dhanteras 2017 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:01–20:23, Mon 16 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Dhanteras 2017 in Davinópolis?
Monday 16 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 16 Oct in DavinópolisDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:01 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2017 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 16 Oct in Davinópolis?
Dhanteras is on Mon 16 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:02–20:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:01 to 20:23.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:02–20:23. Trayodashi: 15:56 to 15:38 Tue.
Trayodashi ended at 15:38; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). 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 15:56 on Mon 16 Oct to 15:38 on Tue 17 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:02–20:23) 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.