Dhanteras 1949 in Orting, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:14–19:54, Wed 19 Oct
Festival · times in PST
When is Dhanteras 1949 in Orting?
Wednesday 19 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 19 Oct in OrtingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:14–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:14 to 19:54.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1949 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 19 Oct in Orting?
Dhanteras is on Wed 19 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:14–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:14 to 19:54.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 00:03 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:14–19:54. 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 (17:14–19:54) 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.