Dhanteras 2026 in Ta`ū, Manu'a, American Samoa Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:03–20:37, Thu 5 Nov
Festival · times in SST
When is Dhanteras 2026 in Ta`ū?
Thursday 5 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 5 Nov in Ta`ūDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:21–20:37. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:03 to 20:37.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2026 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 5 Nov in Ta`ū?
Dhanteras is on Thu 5 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:21–20:37. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:03 to 20:37.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:21–20:37. Trayodashi: 18:01 to 18:18 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 18:18; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:01 Thu to 18:18.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−11). 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 18:01 on Thu 5 Nov to 18:18 on Fri 6 Nov, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:21–20:37) 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.