Dhanteras 2028 in Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:54–19:59, Sun 15 Oct
Festival · times in PKT
When is Dhanteras 2028 in Gilgit?
Sunday 15 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 15 Oct in GilgitDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:26–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:54 to 19:59.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2028 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 15 Oct in Gilgit?
Dhanteras is on Sun 15 Oct: Trayodashi touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:26–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:54 to 19:59.
Dwadashi until 18:47, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:47 to 15:15 Mon.
Trayodashi ended at 15:15; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:47 Sun to 15:15.
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 18:47 on Sun 15 Oct to 15:15 on Mon 16 Oct, so it touches only Sunday’s pradosha (17:26–19:59). 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.