Dhanteras 2028 in Hetauda, Bagmati Province, Nepal Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:13–20:05, Sun 15 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 2028 in Hetauda?
Sunday 15 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 15 Oct in HetaudaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:36–20:05. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:13 to 20:05.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2028 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 15 Oct in Hetauda?
Dhanteras is on Sun 15 Oct: Trayodashi touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:36–20:05. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:13 to 20:05.
Dwadashi until 19:32, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:32 to 16:00 Mon.
Trayodashi ended at 16:00; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 19:32 Sun to 16:00.
One row per day, on one clock (NPT). 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 19:32 on Sun 15 Oct to 16:00 on Mon 16 Oct, so it touches only Sunday’s pradosha (17:36–20:05). 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.