Dhanteras 2017 in Devrukh, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:53–20:40, Tue 17 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2017 in Devrukh?
Tuesday 17 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in DevrukhDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:40. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:53 to 20:40.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2017 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 17 Oct in Devrukh?
Dhanteras is on Tue 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:40. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:53 to 20:40.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 00:26 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:12–20:40. Trayodashi: 00:26 to 00:08 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 00:26 on Tue 17 Oct to 00:08 on Wed 18 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:12–20:40) 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.