Dhanteras 1908 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:37–20:14, Thu 22 Oct
Festival · times in MST
When is Dhanteras 1908 in Mapleton?
Thursday 22 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 22 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:37–20:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:37 to 20:14.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1908 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 22 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Thu 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:37–20:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:37 to 20:14.
Dwadashi until 19:23, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:23 to 21:17 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:37–20:14. Trayodashi: 19:23 Wed to 21:17.
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 19:23 on Wed 21 Oct to 21:17 on Thu 22 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Thu 22 Oct. 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.