Dhanteras 2027 in Mocha, Ta‘izz, Yemen Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:53–20:09, Wed 27 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Dhanteras 2027 in Mocha?
Wednesday 27 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 27 Oct in MochaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:42–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:53 to 20:09.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2027 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 27 Oct in Mocha?
Dhanteras is on Wed 27 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:42–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:53 to 20:09.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 22:34. Trayodashi: 22:34 to 20:20 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:42–20:09. Trayodashi: 22:34 Tue to 20:20.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). 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 22:34 on Tue 26 Oct to 20:20 on Wed 27 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:42–20:09) 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.