Dhanteras 1927 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:37–20:08, Sat 22 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 1927 in Baoding?
Saturday 22 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 22 Oct in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:31–20:08. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:37 to 20:08.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1927 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 22 Oct in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Sat 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:31–20:08. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:37 to 20:08.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:31–20:08. Trayodashi: 16:15 to 18:34 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:34; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:15 Sat to 18:34.
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 began at 16:15 on Sat 22 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:34 on Sun 23 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Sat 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.