Dhanteras 2017 in Same, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:16–20:42, Tue 17 Oct
Festival · times in EAT
When is Dhanteras 2017 in Same?
Tuesday 17 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in SameDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:20–20:42. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:16 to 20:42.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2017 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 17 Oct in Same?
Dhanteras is on Tue 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:20–20:42. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:16 to 20:42.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:56. Trayodashi: 21:56 to 21:38 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:20–20:42. Trayodashi: 21:56 Mon to 21:38.
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 21:56 on Mon 16 Oct to 21:38 on Tue 17 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:20–20:42) 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.