Dhanteras 2021 in Markham, Ontario, Canada Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:38–20:23, Tue 2 Nov
Festival · times in EDT
When is Dhanteras 2021 in Markham?
Tuesday 2 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 2 Nov in MarkhamDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:51. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:38 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2021 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 2 Nov in Markham?
Dhanteras is on Tue 2 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:51. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:38 to 20:23.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:01 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:05–20:51. Trayodashi: 02:01 to 23:32.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−4). 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 02:01 on Tue 2 Nov to 23:32 on Tue 2 Nov, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:05–20:51) 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.