Dhanteras 2026 in Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:11–20:51, Fri 6 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+11
When is Dhanteras 2026 in Arawa?
Friday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 6 Nov in ArawaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:31–20:51. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:11 to 20:51.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2026 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 6 Nov in Arawa?
Dhanteras is on Fri 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:31–20:51. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:11 to 20:51.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:31–20:51. Trayodashi: 16:01 to 16:18 Sat.
Trayodashi ended at 16:18; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:01 Fri to 16:18.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+11). 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 16:01 on Fri 6 Nov to 16:18 on Sat 7 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:31–20:51) 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.