Dhanteras 2026 in Banchory, Scotland, United Kingdom Dhanteras puja muhurat 16:26–17:53, Fri 6 Nov
Festival · times in GMT
When is Dhanteras 2026 in Banchory?
Friday 6 November
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Full panchang for Fri 6 Nov in BanchoryDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:14–19:18. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:26 to 17:53.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2026 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 6 Nov in Banchory?
Dhanteras is on Fri 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:14–19:18. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:26 to 17:53.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 05:01 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:14–19:18. Trayodashi: 05:01 to 05:18 Sat.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC). 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 05:01 on Fri 6 Nov to 05:18 on Sat 7 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (16:14–19:18) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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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.