Dhanteras 2028 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:07–20:28, Sun 15 Oct
Festival · times in UTC−5
When is Dhanteras 2028 in Cuenca?
Sunday 15 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 15 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 20:07 to 20:28.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2028 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 15 Oct in Cuenca?
Dhanteras is on Sun 15 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 20:07 to 20:28.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 08:47 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:06–20:28. Trayodashi: 08:47 to 05:15 Mon.
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 08:47 on Sun 15 Oct to 05:15 on Mon 16 Oct, so only Sunday’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.