Dhanteras 2023 Dhanteras Shubh Muhurat and Puja Timing: Dhanteras, also known as Dhanatrayodashi, is a Hindu festival celebrated in India, typically occurring two days before Diwali. This year, it will be celebrated on Friday (November 10). The festival holds great significance as it marks the beginning of the five-day Diwali festival. On this day, people worship Lord Dhanvantari, the God of Ayurveda, and Goddess Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth and prosperity. And all this is done based on the auspicious time (called muhurat), which is decided by according to the Hindu calendar.

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Various astrologers have predicted the muhurat time for Dhanteras 2023 puja based on the established practices. It will start at 12:35 pm on November 10 and continue till 7.43 pm on that day. The festivalfall on Trayodashi Tithi – thirteenth day of the bright half of the Kartik month.

Dhanteras Puja muhurat

The Dhanteras muhurat will last for more than seven hours, but according to astrologers, the puja time is scheduled to begin at 5.47pm and continue till 7.43 pm (almost two hours).

Astrologers have also pointed out that Dhanteras will coincide with the Hasta Nakshatra due to which the importance of the festival has increased a lot.

When to buy gold and silver on Dhanteras?

If you are not the one who does Dhanteras shopping in advance, you can buy gold and silver during the auspicious time tomorrow.

However, the most auspicious time to buy these precious items is from 12:35 pm to 02:46 pm.

Other things to buy on Dhanteras

The festival is an occasion to make popular purchases that include metals, electronic items, utensils, broom and home furniture.

On Dhanteras, it is customary to clean and decorate homes, light oil lamps, and buy new utensils or gold and silver items as a symbol of good luck and wealth. Dhanteras is a time for families to come together, offer prayers and seek blessings for financial well-being and overall prosperity.

A personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) was killed in Pakistani firing along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district. The BSF has said they have given a befitting response to the Pakistani side. BSF Head Constable Lal Fam Kima, 50, was from Aizwal in Mizoram.

This was the third ceasefire violation by Pakistan Rangers in the past three weeks.

According to the BSF, Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing at Ramgarh sector in Samba last night.

BSF constable Kima was critically injured in the firing. He was shifted to hospital where he died this morning, officials said.

According to BSF officials, firing started around midnight. In a statement, the BSF said Indian troops gave a befitting response to the firing.

Earlier, on October 27, Pakistani troops resorted to heavy gunfire and mortar shelling in Arnia sector along the border in Jammu and Kashmir. Dozens of villagers had to flee their homes after mortar shells hit residential areas. Three persons, including two BSF personnel, were injured in the firing.

On October 17 too, Pakistani troops had started firing in Arnia sector, leaving two BSF personnel injured. The situation was brought under control after a flag meeting between local commanders of BSF and Pakistan Rangers.

The frequent incidents of firing are a major violation of the ceasefire understanding between India and Pakistan in February 2021.

Scientists have discovered an old record of complex brain surgery in China’s Xinjiang. Interestingly, there are indications on this perfectly preserved human skull that a head injury was treated surgically by making a hole in the cranium, as per a report in New Scientist. The scientists speculate that Chinese shamanic doctors probably performed the treatment around 2700 years ago.

The Yanghai cemetery, located in Xinjiang, is a large and ancient burial site that houses the remains of a clan who practised shamanism, which is a belief system that involves employing trance to interact with the supernatural. A skull belonging to a man who lived between 750 and 800 BC that was discovered in a cemetery was analysed by Qian Wang of Texas A&M University and his fellow researchers using CT scans.

As per the outlet, the man had suffered a blunt force injury that resulted in an accumulation of blood beneath his head, known as an epidural haematoma. This can be fatal and places strain on the brain.

Similar to how this ailment would be treated today, a bit of the skull was removed by what was likely a shaman doctor in order to heal the injury and relieve the haematoma. This is referred to as a craniotomy in modern surgery. It is performed on patients suffering from head traumas or for the relief of intracranial pressure, among other reasons.

The person survived the treatment and continued to live for at least eight weeks, according to signs of healing found within the walls of the fracture lines.

The researcher said, “In order to successfully remove the haematoma, the doctor was able to design a bone flap according to the injury by using the fracture lines.” According to Mr Wang, this is the most ” advanced and skilled craniotomy ever found” in the wider Eurasian region.

Mr Wang stated that while there isn’t concrete proof that the surgery was performed by a shaman doctor, there are other discoveries in the area that support the theory. One person at the Yanghai cemetery was recognised as a shaman based on a bronze knife and pointed instrument, known as an awl, that were likely surgical instruments and were hanging from his waist. There has been evidence of cannabis use as an anaesthetic at the cemetery.