Dhanteras 2018 in Same, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:02–20:41, Mon 5 Nov
Festival · times in EAT
When is Dhanteras 2018 in Same?
Monday 5 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 5 Nov in SameDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:20–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:02 to 20:41.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2018 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 5 Nov in Same?
Dhanteras is on Mon 5 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:20–20:41. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:02 to 20:41.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 22:54. Trayodashi: 22:54 to 21:17 Mon.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:20–20:41. Trayodashi: 22:54 Sun to 21:17.
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 22:54 on Sun 4 Nov to 21:17 on Mon 5 Nov, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:20–20:41) 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.