Dhanteras 1952 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:58–20:12, Thu 16 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 1952 in Baoding?
Thursday 16 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 16 Oct in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:38–20:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:58 to 20:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1952 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 16 Oct in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Thu 16 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:38–20:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:58 to 20:12.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:45 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:38–20:12. Trayodashi: 02:45 to 04:36 Fri.
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 02:45 on Thu 16 Oct to 04:36 on Fri 17 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:38–20:12) 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.