Dhanteras 1979 in Olean, New York, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:43–21:05, Wed 17 Oct
Festival · times in EDT
When is Dhanteras 1979 in Olean?
Wednesday 17 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 17 Oct in OleanDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:29–21:05. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:43 to 21:05.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1979 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 17 Oct in Olean?
Dhanteras is on Wed 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:29–21:05. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:43 to 21:05.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:29–21:05. Trayodashi: 16:12 to 18:38 Thu.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:38; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:12 Wed to 18:38.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−4). 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 16:12 on Wed 17 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:38 on Thu 18 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Wed 17 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.