Dhanteras 2027 in Malacca, Melaka, Malaysia Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:13–21:19, Wed 27 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+8
When is Dhanteras 2027 in Malacca?
Wednesday 27 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 27 Oct in MalaccaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:56–21:19. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:13 to 21:19.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2027 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 27 Oct in Malacca?
Dhanteras is on Wed 27 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:56–21:19. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:13 to 21:19.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 03:34 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:56–21:19. Trayodashi: 03:34 to 01:20 Thu.
One row per day, on one clock (MYT). 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 03:34 on Wed 27 Oct to 01:20 on Thu 28 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:56–21:19) 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.