Dhanteras 2018 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:30–20:25, Mon 5 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2018 in Pāthardi?
Monday 5 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 5 Nov in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:30 to 20:25.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2018 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 5 Nov in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Mon 5 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:30 to 20:25.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 01:24 Mon.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Trayodashi: 01:24 to 23:47.
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 01:24 on Mon 5 Nov to 23:47 on Mon 5 Nov, so only Monday’s pradosha (17:53–20:25) 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.