Dhanteras 1944 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:13–21:22, Fri 13 Oct
Festival · times in MWT
When is Dhanteras 1944 in Mapleton?
Friday 13 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 13 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:49–21:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:13 to 21:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1944 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 13 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Fri 13 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:49–21:22. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:13 to 21:22.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:49–21:22. Trayodashi: 16:24 to 18:57 Sat.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:57; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:24 Fri to 18:57.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). 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 16:24 on Fri 13 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:57 on Sat 14 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Fri 13 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.