Dhanteras 1969 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:40–19:28, Thu 6 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 1969 in Mapleton?
Thursday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 6 Nov in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:18–20:03. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:40 to 19:28.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1969 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 6 Nov in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Thu 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Fri 7 Nov.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:18–20:03. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:40 to 19:28.
Dwadashi until 18:42, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:42 to 18:12 Fri.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:12; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:42 Thu to 18:12.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). 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 18:42 on Thu 6 Nov to 18:12 on Fri 7 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Thu 6 Nov. 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.