Dhanteras 2024 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:47–20:36, Tue 29 Oct
Festival · times in SAST
When is Dhanteras 2024 in Maclear?
Tuesday 29 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 29 Oct in MaclearDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:28–20:36. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:47 to 20:36.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2024 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 29 Oct in Maclear?
Dhanteras is on Tue 29 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:28–20:36. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:47 to 20:36.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:28–20:36. Trayodashi: 07:02 to 09:46 Wed.
Trayodashi ended at 09:46; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 07:02 on Tue 29 Oct to 09:46 on Wed 30 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:28–20:36) 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.