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Dhanteras

Also called: Dhanatrayodashi, Dhantrayodashi, Dhanvantari Trayodashi, Dhanvantari Jayanti, Yama Deepam, Dhanya Teras, Kaag Tihar

The thirteenth day of the dark fortnight of Kartika (Ashvin by the amanta count), the first day of Diwali: gold, silver and metal are bought, Lakshmi and Kubera are worshipped at dusk, a lamp is set at the door facing south for Yama, and the day is kept as the birthday of Dhanvantari, the physician of the gods. The Government of India kept it as National Ayurveda Day from 2016 to 2024.

Sources: Dhanteras, Wikipedia; Ayurveda Day, Wikipedia; The Skanda Purana, tr. G. V. Tagare, Vaishnava Khanda, Karttikamasa Mahatmya, chapter 9: Vatsadvadashi, Yamatrayodashi, Narakachaturdashi and Dipavali, on Wisdom Library · see Dhanteras's web

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Dhanvantari (God) · The physician who rose from the sea (Dhanvantari)
The day is kept as his birthday, Dhanvantari Jayanti; National Ayurveda Day fell on it 2016-2024.
Lakshmi (Consort) · The twelve years Lakshmi served (the Dhanteras katha)
Worshipped at dusk with Kubera; the katha says she promised to come back every year on this night.
Kubera (God) · The twelve years Lakshmi served (the Dhanteras katha)
Worshipped beside Lakshmi at the evening puja, by shopkeepers at the safe.
Yama (God)
A lamp at the entrance facing south in the early night, against untimely death (Skanda Purana).

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Dhanteras, Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Ayurveda Day, Wikipedia Encyclopedia
The Skanda Purana, tr. G. V. Tagare, Vaishnava Khanda, Karttikamasa Mahatmya, chapter 9: Vatsadvadashi, Yamatrayodashi, Narakachaturdashi and Dipavali, on Wisdom Library § 9.17-26 Primary text (translation)