India is a hub of diverse culture and traditions and we live in a country where people from each region and religion are fond of celebrating many festivals and Diwali among them, it is the festival of lights and joy, and if you are aware of this festival then you should also know about Dhanteras.<\/p>\n
This time Dhanteras is on 25 October. It is believed that Lord Dhanvantari, the god of Ayurveda, was born on the day of Dhanteras during the churning of Ksheer Sagar. On this day, worship of Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Kubera and Lord Dhanwantari is done.<\/p>\n
Apart from this, on the day of Dhanteras, Yama Puja, the god of death, is also worshiped (Yama Puja). Buying gold-silver jewelery and utensils on this day is considered auspicious. Dhanteras is also a symbol of the beginning of Deepawali festival. This is followed by Chhoti Diwali or Narak Chaturdashi, Bada or Main Diwali, Govardhan Puja and finally the festival of Bhai Dooj or Bhai Dooj. One day before Dhanteras, Rama Ekadashi falls.<\/p>\n
The festival of Dhanteras is celebrated every year two days before Diwali. According to the Hindu calendar, Dhanteras is celebrated on the 13th day of the month of Kartik. According to the Gregorian calendar, this festival falls in the month of October or November every year. This time Dhanteras is on 25 October.<\/p>\n
Things you should shop on Dhanteras <\/strong><\/p>\n It is believed that purchasing metallic ornaments such as cars, bikes, utensils, jewelleries etc are good for fortune.<\/p>\n On Dhanteras, Hindu devotees consider buying precious metals, especially gold, as auspicious, which is why people queue up at gold shops to buy ornaments, bars and coins.<\/p>\n Dhanteras Puja Muhurat \u2013 07:08 pm to 08:15 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Duration \u2013 01 Hour 07 Mins<\/p>\n Yama Deepam on Saturday, October 26, 2019<\/p>\n Pradosh Kaal \u2013 05:42 pm to 08:15 pm<\/p>\n Vrishabha Kaal \u2013 06:50 pm to 08:45 pm<\/p>\n Trayodashi Tithi Begins \u2013 07:08 pm on Oct 25, 2019<\/p>\n Trayodashi Tithi Ends \u2013 03:46 pm on Oct 26, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" India is a hub of diverse culture and traditions and we live in a country where people from each region and religion are fond of celebrating many festivals and Diwali among them, it is the festival of lights and joy, and if you are aware of this festival then you should also know about Dhanteras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":69826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1532],"tags":[1463,82058],"yst_prominent_words":[82054,82055,23492,35726,82044,82056,82046,23142,9637,31222,24842,21633,82053,82052,82051,11175,82043,82057,82047,82045],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2019\/10\/25123545\/Shubh-Dhanteras-e1637665432398.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69823"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=69823"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=69823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}