Dhanteras 2031 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:03–20:03, Wed 12 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2031 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 12 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 12 Nov in PāthardiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:51–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:03 to 20:03.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2031 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 12 Nov in Pāthardi?
Dhanteras is on Wed 12 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:51–20:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:03 to 20:03.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 06:10 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:51–20:24. Trayodashi: 06:10 to 05:36 Thu.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 06:10 on Wed 12 Nov to 05:36 on Thu 13 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:51–20:24) 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.