Dhanteras 1978 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:16–21:05, Sat 28 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1978 in Mapleton?
Saturday 28 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 28 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:28–21:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:16 to 21:05.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1978 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 28 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Sat 28 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:28–21:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:16 to 21:05.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:28–21:09. Trayodashi: 15:07 to 14:27 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 14:27; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 runs from 15:07 on Sat 28 Oct to 14:27 on Sun 29 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:28–21:09) 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.