Dhanteras 1978 in Orting, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:40–20:21, Sat 28 Oct
Festival · times in PDT
When is Dhanteras 1978 in Orting?
Saturday 28 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 28 Oct in OrtingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:58–20:44. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:40 to 20:21.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1978 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 28 Oct in Orting?
Dhanteras is on Sat 28 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:58–20:44. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:40 to 20:21.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:58–20:44. Trayodashi: 14:07 to 13:27 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 13:27; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 14:07 on Sat 28 Oct to 13:27 on Sun 29 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:58–20:44) 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.