Dhanteras 1972 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:48–19:37, Fri 3 Nov
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 1972 in Baoding?
Friday 3 November
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Full panchang for Fri 3 Nov in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:15–19:58. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:48 to 19:37.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1972 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 3 Nov in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Fri 3 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:15–19:58. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:48 to 19:37.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 03:10 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:15–19:58. Trayodashi: 03:10 to 04:57 Sat.
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 03:10 on Fri 3 Nov to 04:57 on Sat 4 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:15–19:58) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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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.