Dhanteras 1956 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:59–19:48, Wed 31 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 1956 in Baoding?
Wednesday 31 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 31 Oct in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:19–20:00. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:59 to 19:48.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1956 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 31 Oct in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Wed 31 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:19–20:00. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:59 to 19:48.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 04:34 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:19–20:00. Trayodashi: 04:34 to 02:54 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 04:34 on Wed 31 Oct to 02:54 on Thu 1 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:19–20:00) 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.