Dhanteras 2026 in Hetauda, Bagmati Province, Nepal Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:48–19:45, Fri 6 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+5:45
When is Dhanteras 2026 in Hetauda?
Friday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 6 Nov in HetaudaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:18–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:48 to 19:45.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2026 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 6 Nov in Hetauda?
Dhanteras is on Fri 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:18–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:48 to 19:45.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:18–19:54. Trayodashi: 10:46 to 11:03 Sat.
Trayodashi ended at 11:03; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (NPT). 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 10:46 on Fri 6 Nov to 11:03 on Sat 7 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:18–19:54) 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.