Dhanteras 2025 in Arusha, Tanzania Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:15–20:45, Sat 18 Oct
Festival · times in EAT
When is Dhanteras 2025 in Arusha?
Saturday 18 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 18 Oct in ArushaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:24–20:45. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:15 to 20:45.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2025 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 18 Oct in Arusha?
Dhanteras is on Sat 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:24–20:45. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:15 to 20:45.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:24–20:45. Trayodashi: 09:49 to 11:22 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 11:22; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). 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 09:49 on Sat 18 Oct to 11:22 on Sun 19 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:24–20:45) 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.