Dhanteras 2021 in Rustenburg, North West, South Africa Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:27–20:38, Tue 2 Nov
Festival · times in SAST
When is Dhanteras 2021 in Rustenburg?
Tuesday 2 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 2 Nov in RustenburgDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:28–20:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:27 to 20:38.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2021 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 2 Nov in Rustenburg?
Dhanteras is on Tue 2 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:28–20:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:27 to 20:38.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 08:01 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:28–20:38. Trayodashi: 08:01 to 05:32 Wed.
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 08:01 on Tue 2 Nov to 05:32 on Wed 3 Nov, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:28–20:38) 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.