Dhanteras 2022 in Devakottai, Tamil Nadu Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:24–20:20, Sat 22 Oct
Tamil Nadu, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2022 in Devakottai?
Saturday 22 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 22 Oct in DevakottaiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:20. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:24 to 20:20.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2022 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 22 Oct in Devakottai?
Dhanteras is on Sat 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Sun 23 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:54–20:20. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:24 to 20:20.
Dwadashi until 18:03, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:03 to 18:03 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:03; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:03 Sat to 18:03.
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 18:03 on Sat 22 Oct to 18:03 on Sun 23 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sat 22 Oct. 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.