Dhanteras 2017 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:18–20:31, Tue 17 Oct
Festival · times in SAST
When is Dhanteras 2017 in Maclear?
Tuesday 17 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in MaclearDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:18–20:31. No fixed (sthira) lagna rises within pradosha here, so the whole of pradosha is given.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2017 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 17 Oct in Maclear?
Dhanteras is on Tue 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 20:56. Trayodashi: 20:56 to 20:38 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:18–20:31. Trayodashi: 20:56 Mon to 20:38.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 20:56 on Mon 16 Oct to 20:38 on Tue 17 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:18–20:31) 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.