Dhanteras 2024 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:12–20:27, Tue 29 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−5
When is Dhanteras 2024 in Cuenca?
Tuesday 29 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 29 Oct in CuencaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:12 to 20:27.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2024 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 29 Oct in Cuenca?
Dhanteras is on Tue 29 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:12 to 20:27.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 00:02 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:05–20:27. Trayodashi: 00:02 to 02:46 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). 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 00:02 on Tue 29 Oct to 02:46 on Wed 30 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:05–20:27) 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.