Dhanteras 1926 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:49–19:37, Wed 3 Nov
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 1926 in Baoding?
Wednesday 3 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 3 Nov in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:16–19:58. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:49 to 19:37.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1926 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 3 Nov in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Wed 3 Nov: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Tue 2 Nov.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:16–19:58. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:49 to 19:37.
Dwadashi until 17:49, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 17:49 to 19:48 Wed.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:48; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 17:49 Tue to 19:48.
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 17:49 on Tue 2 Nov to 19:48 on Wed 3 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Wed 3 Nov. 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.