Dhanteras 1949 in Bothell, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:12–19:52, Wed 19 Oct
Festival · times in PST
When is Dhanteras 1949 in Bothell?
Wednesday 19 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 19 Oct in BothellDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:13–19:53. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:12 to 19:52.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1949 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 19 Oct in Bothell?
Dhanteras is on Wed 19 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:13–19:53. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:12 to 19:52.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 00:03 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:13–19:53. Trayodashi: 00:03 to 20:43.
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 00:03 on Wed 19 Oct to 20:43 on Wed 19 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:13–19:53) 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.