Dhanteras 2025 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:56–20:28, Sat 18 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−5
When is Dhanteras 2025 in Cuenca?
Saturday 18 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 18 Oct in CuencaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06–20:28. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:56 to 20:28.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2025 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 18 Oct in Cuenca?
Dhanteras is on Sat 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:06–20:28. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:56 to 20:28.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 01:49 Sat.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:06–20:28. Trayodashi: 01:49 to 03:22 Sun.
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 01:49 on Sat 18 Oct to 03:22 on Sun 19 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:06–20:28) 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.