Dhanteras 1939 in Bothell, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 16:55–18:35, Wed 8 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 1939 in Bothell?
Wednesday 8 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 8 Nov in BothellDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:41–19:34. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:55 to 18:35.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1939 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 8 Nov in Bothell?
Dhanteras is on Wed 8 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:41–19:34. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:55 to 18:35.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 06:31 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:41–19:34. Trayodashi: 06:31 to 04:05 Thu.
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 06:31 on Wed 8 Nov to 04:05 on Thu 9 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (16:41–19:34) falls within it. 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.