Dhanteras 1900 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:45–20:16, Sat 20 Oct
Festival · times in MST
When is Dhanteras 1900 in Mapleton?
Saturday 20 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 20 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:39–20:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:45 to 20:16.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1900 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 20 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Sat 20 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:39–20:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:45 to 20:16.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 22:56. Trayodashi: 22:56 to 01:29 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:39–20:16. Trayodashi: 22:56 Fri to 01:29 Sun.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Trayodashi runs from 22:56 on Fri 19 Oct to 01:29 on Sun 21 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:39–20:16) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose pradosha Trayodashi holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.