Dhanteras 2021 in Escuintla, Guatemala Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:20–20:03, Tue 2 Nov
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 2021 in Escuintla?
Tuesday 2 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 2 Nov in EscuintlaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:34–20:03. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:20 to 20:03.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2021 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 2 Nov in Escuintla?
Dhanteras is on Tue 2 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:34–20:03. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:20 to 20:03.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 00:01 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:34–20:03. Trayodashi: 00:01 to 21:32.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). 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 00:01 on Tue 2 Nov to 21:32 on Tue 2 Nov, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:34–20:03) 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.