Dhanteras 2024: Date and Muhurat

Dhanteras 2024 Date: 29th October 2024

Puja muhurat begins: 07:04 Pm

Puja muhurat ends: 08:36 Pm

Pradosh kaal: 6:6 Pm to 8:36 Pm

Vrishabha kaal: 7:4 Pm to 9:4 Pm

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What is Dhanteras?

Dhanteras is an auspicious festival that welcomes wealth and prosperity into your life. The word Dhanteras comes from 2 Sanskrit words “Dhan” means money and “Teras” means thirteenth. As a result, Dhanteras is a festival of wealth, celebrated on the 13th day of Kartik month or Krishna Paksha.

Dhanteras 2024: Beginning of Diwali

Dhanteras marks the start of the Diwali festival. On Dhanteras, people worship many deities and take their blessings. People also wish for fortune and financial gain on this festival of wealth. Buying utensils, silver or gold coins, electronic gadgets, and many other things is considered auspicious.

Also, goddess Lakshmi is very important in the celebration of this festival. The gods and Asuras were fighting for Amrit as they performed the Samudra Manthan in the divine ocean of milk. As a result, goddess Laxmi emerged out of the sea on Trayodashi tithi. So, people celebrate Dhanteras on Trayodashi Tithi yearly to mark this auspicious event.

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Dhanteras 2024: Rituals

Dhanteras 2024 is a time to be involved in fun and religious activities with your family. Every state of India has a different way of celebrating this festival. So, let’s make your Dhanteras 2024 more special through Dhanteras rituals:

1. Dhanteras Puja preparations

One of the most auspicious parts of this festival is Dhanteras puja. People put a lot of effort into preparing for Puja. To prepare for this Puja, you should wake up in Brahma Muhurat.

After taking a bath cleanse your body and mind. People decorate their houses to welcome the goddess Laxmi into their homes.

2. Welcome goddess Laxmi to your home

You should clean your house to welcome goddess Laxami. And people decorate their houses with love and devotion for the goddess.

Believers hang torans on their entrances and make rangolis to welcome the goddess of wealth to their homes. People also make tiny footprints on Mahalaxmi using Kumkum or rice flour.

3. Lightening Diya

Diya is an important part of many sacred Hindu rituals. So, if you see streets near your house lit up, know that this is a time for Dhanteras. People light Diya and lamps to brighten their houses. And most importantly people light thirteen Diya to honor goddess Laxmi, lord Kuber, and Yama Raj on this day.  

This ritual is also called Yamadeepam. This ritual helps you to protect your family members from untimely death and blesses them with Lord Yama’s blessings.

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4. Laxmi puja

Goddess Laxami blesses believers who worship her on Dhanteras with wealth and prosperity. So, people gather with their families to pray to the goddess of abundance. People set up a flat surface and placed an idol or a photo of goddess Laxmi on it.

People offer flowers, incense sticks, and prasad. People also worship cows in southern India and make Naive Dayam in Maharashtra to please the goddess, Laxmi.

5. Dhanteras vrat

Many people observe fast on this day as its holy Hindu ritual. This is because fasting is the easiest act of devotion for the gods to take their blessings. On Dhanteras, people fast all day and only eat after they perform the Laxmi Pujan ceremony in the evening.

After that, they consume Prasad, which they offer to Goddess Laxmi. People also sing many bhajans and chant mantras to receive divine blessings.

6. Buying new things

So here comes the fun part about the festival. Dhanteras is the best opportunity to go shopping and get benefits from it. On this day, people bring silver and gold utensils to their homes.

And buying brooms is also lucky on this day. People welcome harmony and fortune into their homes by purchasing new things on this day. Many people also buy salt, coriander seeds, and utensils on this day.

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