Dhanteras 2025 in Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:54–20:07, Sat 18 Oct
Festival · times in PKT
When is Dhanteras 2025 in Upper Dir?
Saturday 18 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 18 Oct in Upper DirDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:33–20:07. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:54 to 20:07.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2025 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 18 Oct in Upper Dir?
Dhanteras is on Sat 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:33–20:07. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:54 to 20:07.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:33–20:07. Trayodashi: 11:49 to 13:22 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 13:22; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (PKT). 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 11:49 on Sat 18 Oct to 13:22 on Sun 19 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:33–20:07) 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.