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Dhanteras dates

Computed year by year from the Moon and the Sun. Each row shows the tithi the festival sits on and the lunar month in both the amanta and purnimanta reckonings, because the two name the same month differently during krishna paksha.

Also called: Dhantrayodashi, Dhanvantari Trayodashi

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Friday, 6 November 2026

Krishna TrayodashiThe thirteenth tithi, kept for Shiva as the Pradosh vrat. Dhanteras is the Trayodashi of Kartika, and buying metal on it is the custom., AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.

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Krishna TrayodashiThe thirteenth tithi, kept for Shiva as the Pradosh vrat. Dhanteras is the Trayodashi of Kartika, and buying metal on it is the custom. of amantaThe reckoning in which a lunar month ends at the new Moon. Maharashtra, Gujarat and the south count this way, and our dates are computed in it. AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami., KartikaThe eighth lunar month, October into November, and the Diwali month. Karva Chauth, Dhanteras, Chhath and Kartika Purnima all fall in it. Krishna Trayodashi in the north. A pradoshThe stretch just after sunset, roughly an hour and a half of it. Diwali is fixed by the tithi running then, and the Trayodashi vrat is kept in it. observance, so the evening decides it.

The day is settled by the tithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it. at pradoshThe stretch just after sunset, roughly an hour and a half of it. Diwali is fixed by the tithi running then, and the Trayodashi vrat is kept in it., just after sunset.

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Dhanteras dates

YearDateTithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it.Lunar monthThe lunar month, named after the nakshatra the full Moon lands in. It is about twenty-nine and a half days, so it drifts against the English calendar.
2025SaturdaySaturday, 18 October 2025Krishna TrayodashiThe thirteenth tithi, kept for Shiva as the Pradosh vrat. Dhanteras is the Trayodashi of Kartika, and buying metal on it is the custom.AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.
2026FridayFriday, 6 November 2026Krishna TrayodashiThe thirteenth tithi, kept for Shiva as the Pradosh vrat. Dhanteras is the Trayodashi of Kartika, and buying metal on it is the custom.AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.
2027WednesdayWednesday, 27 October 2027Krishna TrayodashiThe thirteenth tithi, kept for Shiva as the Pradosh vrat. Dhanteras is the Trayodashi of Kartika, and buying metal on it is the custom.AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.
2028MondayMonday, 16 October 2028Krishna TrayodashiThe thirteenth tithi, kept for Shiva as the Pradosh vrat. Dhanteras is the Trayodashi of Kartika, and buying metal on it is the custom.This tithi opens and closes between two deciding moments, so the rule does not settle the day on its own. The date given is the one holding most of the tithi.AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.
2029SundaySunday, 4 November 2029Krishna TrayodashiThe thirteenth tithi, kept for Shiva as the Pradosh vrat. Dhanteras is the Trayodashi of Kartika, and buying metal on it is the custom.This tithi opens and closes between two deciding moments, so the rule does not settle the day on its own. The date given is the one holding most of the tithi.AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.
2030ThursdayThursday, 24 October 2030Krishna TrayodashiThe thirteenth tithi, kept for Shiva as the Pradosh vrat. Dhanteras is the Trayodashi of Kartika, and buying metal on it is the custom.AshwinaThe seventh lunar month, September into October. Sharad Navratri runs through its bright half and ends at Vijayadashami.

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