Dhanteras 1971 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:08–21:21, Fri 15 Oct
Festival · times in MDT
When is Dhanteras 1971 in Mapleton?
Friday 15 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 15 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:47–21:21. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:08 to 21:21.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1971 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 15 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Fri 15 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:47–21:21. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:08 to 21:21.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:47–21:21. Trayodashi: 18:24 to 20:55 Sat.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 20:55; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:24 Fri to 20:55.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Trayodashi began at 18:24 on Fri 15 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 20:55 on Sat 16 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Fri 15 Oct. 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.