Dhanteras 2026 in Elgin, Illinois, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:04–18:51, Fri 6 Nov
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 2026 in Elgin?
Friday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 6 Nov in ElginDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:41–19:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:04 to 18:51.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2026 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 6 Nov in Elgin?
Dhanteras is on Fri 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:41–19:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:04 to 18:51.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 23:01.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:41–19:27. Trayodashi: 23:01 Thu to 23:18.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). 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 23:01 on Thu 5 Nov to 23:18 on Fri 6 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (16:41–19:27) 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.