Dhanteras 2025 in Chunga, Lusaka Province, Zambia Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:05–20:24, Sat 18 Oct
Festival · times in CAT
When is Dhanteras 2025 in Chunga?
Saturday 18 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 18 Oct in ChungaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:05 to 20:24.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2025 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 18 Oct in Chunga?
Dhanteras is on Sat 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:05 to 20:24.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:06–20:24. Trayodashi: 08:49 to 10:22 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 10:22; 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 08:49 on Sat 18 Oct to 10:22 on Sun 19 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:06–20:24) 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.