Dhanteras 1981 in Orting, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:54–20:36, Sat 24 Oct
Festival · times in PDT
When is Dhanteras 1981 in Orting?
Saturday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 24 Oct in OrtingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:48. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:54 to 20:36.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1981 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 24 Oct in Orting?
Dhanteras is on Sat 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:05–20:48. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:54 to 20:36.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:05–20:48. Trayodashi: 08:35 to 08:47 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 08:47; 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 08:35 on Sat 24 Oct to 08:47 on Sun 25 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:05–20:48) 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.