Dhanteras 2026 in Dekan, Madhya Pradesh Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:17–20:15, Fri 6 Nov
Madhya Pradesh, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2026 in Dekan?
Friday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 6 Nov in DekanDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:46–20:21. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:17 to 20:15.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2026 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 6 Nov in Dekan?
Dhanteras is on Fri 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:46–20:21. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:17 to 20:15.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:46–20:21. Trayodashi: 10:31 to 10:48 Sat.
Trayodashi ended at 10:48; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 10:31 on Fri 6 Nov to 10:48 on Sat 7 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:46–20:21) 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.