All You Need To Know About Dhanteras 2025

Dhanteras 2025: Date, Time and Significance

Dhanteras 2025: Date & Puja Timing

 Dhanteras 2025 falls on Saturday, October 18.  

• The Trayodashi Tithi starts on October 18 at 12:18 PM and ends on October 19 at 1:51 PM.  

• The pradosh kaal (favourable evening period) is from approximately 5:48 PM to 8:19 PM on October 18.  

• The Dhanteras Puja Muhurat is considered especially auspicious between 7:15 PM and 8:19 PM  

Some local Panchang sources suggest slight variations (e.g. 7:16 PM–8:20 PM) depending on the region.  

In most places, people typically perform the Dhanteras puja in the early evening, between 7:15 PM and 8:19 PM IST. ( Check a local Panchang for your city.)

Auspicious Periods & Buying Suggestions

Dhanteras 2025 holds special windows considered auspicious for purchases and rituals. According to AstroReal’s reading of planetary alignments:

• The pradosh kaal (after sunset) is the ideal span for rituals and symbolic purchases.
• Within that, the stronger “sthir lagna” or “fixed ascendant” period is considered ideal for buying gold, silver, property, or other assets, because items bought under a fixed ascendant are believed to bring stability and lasting gains.
• If you miss the core muhurat, purchases made during the early pradosh period may still carry positive energy, though with lesser potency.
  
  Thus, for 2025, the auspicious buying window aligns roughly with early evening (around 5:48 PM to 8:19 PM), with 7:15 PM to 8:19 PM being the prime moment for puja and procurement of precious items.
  

Significance of Dhanteras Puja

Dhanteras is the ceremonial beginning of the Diwali festivities. It marks:

• Invocation of prosperity: On this day, households invite the blessings of  Goddess Lakshmi (wealth), Lord Kubera (treasury of riches), and Lord Dhanvantari (health & well-being). 
• New beginnings: Many start financial accounts, open books of business, or make symbolic purchases to usher in fortune and fresh opportunities.
• Cleansing and illumination: Lighting diyas, cleaning the home, and decorating with rangoli are not just aesthetic but symbolic acts to dispel darkness (ignorance, negativity) and welcome positive energy.
• Reaffirming faith: The rituals express a deep devotional hope that divine grace will sustain material and spiritual prosperity through the coming year.
  

AstroReal’s Guide on How to Worship Goddess Lakshmi on Dhanteras 2025: 

1. Preparatory cleansing 

• Before the puja evening, thoroughly clean the home, especially the altar area, puja room, and entrance.

• Decorate the surroundings with rangoli, flowers, fresh torans (door hangings), and strings of lights.

2. Set up the altar

• Use a raised platform (altar) and place images or idols of Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Kubera, and optionally Lord Ganesha and Dhanvantari.
  

• Place a kalash (sacred water pot) and a small lamp (diya) with pure ghee or oil in front.

3. Lighting the lamp (diya)

• At the start of the muhurat (around 7:15 PM), light the main lamp to symbolise the arrival of light and prosperity.

4. Invocation & mantra chanting

• Begin with Ganesh Vandana (prayers to Lord Ganesha).
  

• Invoke Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Kubera with mantras such as “Om Hrim Shrim Lakshmibhyo Namah” or other Lakshmi mantras.
  

• You may also include “Om Shreem Hreem Kleem Maha Lakshmiyei Namah” as per your tradition.

5. Offerings (naivedya / bhog)

• Offer fresh fruits, sweets (ladoos, kheer, etc.), coconut, flowers, rice, and sweets.

• Use eight (or sixteen) different grains (ashtodbhava) if your ritual allows.

• Sprinkle some rice (akshata) mixed with turmeric around the altar.

6. Aarti & lamps around the house

• Perform aarti with a lighted lamp (camphor or ghee lamp)

• After the central puja, carry small lit diyas and light them at entrances, windows, and corners of the house, symbolising the pervasion of wealth energy.

7. Prayers & affirmations

• Pray sincerely for abundance, removal of obstacles, harmony in the family, and success in endeavours.

• You may read or recite sacred Lakshmi stotras or hymns you are comfortable with.

8. Distribution of prasad & charity

• Share the prasad (offered food) with all participants or family members.

• Donate food, clothes, or monetary help to needy people — an act believed to multiply blessings.
  

Impact on Financial Prosperity in 2025

Under AstroReal’s reading of the planetary positions on Dhanteras 2025:

• The alignment favours long-term investments and property transactions initiated under fixed lagna conditions.
  

• Buying gold, silver, or other precious items during the puja period is believed to invite  
  sustained prosperity and ward off financial setbacks.
  

• Undertaking new ventures or business initiatives on Dhanteras, especially post-puja, is viewed as a seed moment whose positive energy reverberates throughout the year.

However, the strength of your personal horoscope (lagna, existing planetary placements) should ideally be consulted for customised guidance.

Why Worshipping Goddess Lakshmi on Dhanteras Matters

Here’s why Dhanteras’ spiritual core resonates so deeply:

Divine patron of wealth: Goddess Lakshmi is the cosmic force behind material prosperity and grace. Invoking her blessings is a symbolic surrender of one’s material aspirations to divine will.

Stability & balance: In astrological thought, the day’s fixed lagna energy ensures that what is gained is likely to endure.

Cleansing & purification: The rituals clear out lingering negative vibrations and open pathways for favourable energy to flow.

Faith & psychology: The act of worship cultivates hope, focus, discipline, and gratitude, inner qualities that enhance one’s capacity to create and sustain abundance.

Tips & Precautions  

• Always refer to a local Panchang for your city’s exact muhurat, small regional shifts in timing can matter.
  

• Try to begin the puja exactly at or before 7:15 PM (or the local equivalent), to align with the prime muhurat window.
  

• Avoid major financial decisions late at night, beyond the pradosh period; their energetic support is considered weaker.
  

• Keep the altar area uncluttered and avoid distractions during the puja (phones, loud noise).
  

• If unable to perform the full ritual, at least light a lamp and chant a Lakshmi mantra at the core time.