Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Dhanteras 2024 falls on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 in Gwalior. It is Kartik Krishna Paksha Trayodashi in the Hindu lunar calendar. Puja Muhurat is 5:36 PM – 8:00 PM. Sunrise is 6:25 AM and sunset 5:36 PM.
Same day as India
Also known as: Dhantrayodashi · Dhanvantari Jayanti · Dhanteras Puja
Windows are computed for this city — the tithi decides which are valid, so they shift with your location and are not the Indian times. Abhijit and Rahu Kaal belong to the day itself rather than to the festival.
Dhanteras opens the five days of Diwali on the thirteenth of the waning moon in Kartik, honouring Dhanvantari, physician of the gods, and Lakshmi. It is dated by the evening Pradosh window rather than by sunrise.
Metal — gold, silver, or at minimum a steel vessel — is bought on this day for luck. Lamps are lit at the threshold and kept burning through the night.
Dhanteras 2024 in Gwalior is on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. It falls on Kartik Krishna Paksha Trayodashi.
Puja Muhurat in Gwalior on Oct 29, 2024 is 5:36 PM – 8:00 PM. This is the window in which the main observance is performed.
Yes. Dhanteras falls on Oct 29, 2024 in both Gwalior and India this year, though the puja timings differ because sunrise and moonrise are local.
Dhanteras is also known as Dhantrayodashi, Dhanvantari Jayanti, Dhanteras Puja. These are regional names and spellings for the same festival.