Dhanteras 2026 in Sunabeda, Odisha Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:56–19:55, Fri 6 Nov
Odisha, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Dhanteras 2026 in Sunabeda?
Friday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 6 Nov in SunabedaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:23–19:55. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:56 to 19:55.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2026 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 6 Nov in Sunabeda?
Dhanteras is on Fri 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:23–19:55. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:56 to 19:55.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:23–19:55. 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 (17:23–19:55) 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.