Dhanteras 2017 in Shkodër, Shkodër County, Albania Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:11–20:33, Tue 17 Oct
Festival · times in CEST
When is Dhanteras 2017 in Shkodër?
Tuesday 17 October
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Full panchang for Tue 17 Oct in ShkodërDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:11 to 20:33.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2017 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 17 Oct in Shkodër?
Dhanteras is on Tue 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:11 to 20:33.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 20:56. Trayodashi: 20:56 to 20:38 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:57–20:33. 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 (17:57–20:33) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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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.