Dhanteras 2025 falls on Saturday, October 18, 2025 in Nashik. It is Kartik Krishna Paksha Trayodashi in the Hindu lunar calendar. Puja Muhurat is 6:08 PM – 8:32 PM. Sunrise is 6:31 AM and sunset 6:08 PM.
Same day as India
Also known as: Dhantrayodashi · Dhanvantari Jayanti · Dhanteras Puja
Nashik timings
Date
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Saturday
Lunar date
Kartik Krishna Paksha Trayodashi
Sunrise
6:31 AM
Sunset
6:08 PM
Moonrise
3:44 AM
Moonset
4:16 PM
Shubh muhurat in Nashik
Puja Muhurat6:08 PM – 8:32 PM
Abhijit Muhurat11:56 AM – 12:43 PM
Rahu Kaal — avoid9:25 AM – 10:52 AM
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.
How it is observed
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.