Dhanteras 2017 in Progress, Amur Oblast, Russia Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:29–20:06, Tue 17 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+9
When is Dhanteras 2017 in Progress?
Tuesday 17 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in ProgressDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:26–20:06. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:29 to 20:06.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2017 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 17 Oct in Progress?
Dhanteras is on Tue 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:26–20:06. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:29 to 20:06.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 03:56 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:26–20:06. Trayodashi: 03:56 to 03:38 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+9). 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 03:56 on Tue 17 Oct to 03:38 on Wed 18 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:26–20:06) 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.