Dhanteras 1908 in Orting, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:01–19:41, Thu 22 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1908 in Orting?
Thursday 22 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 22 Oct in OrtingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:09–19:50. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:01 to 19:41.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1908 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 22 Oct in Orting?
Dhanteras is on Thu 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:09–19:50. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:01 to 19:41.
Dwadashi until 18:23, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:23 to 20:17 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:09–19:50. Trayodashi: 18:23 Wed to 20:17.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−8). 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 18:23 on Wed 21 Oct to 20:17 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.