Dhanteras 1938 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:40–20:08, Fri 21 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 1938 in Baoding?
Friday 21 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 21 Oct in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:32–20:08. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:40 to 20:08.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1938 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 21 Oct in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Fri 21 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Thu 20 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:32–20:08. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:40 to 20:08.
Dwadashi until 20:08, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 20:08 to 18:36 Fri.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:36; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 20:08 Thu to 18:36.
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 20:08 on Thu 20 Oct to 18:36 on Fri 21 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Fri 21 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.