Dhanteras 1982 in Orting, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 16:41–18:23, Fri 12 Nov
Festival · times in PST
When is Dhanteras 1982 in Orting?
Friday 12 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 12 Nov in OrtingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:37–19:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:41 to 18:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1982 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 12 Nov in Orting?
Dhanteras is on Fri 12 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:37–19:31. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:41 to 18:23.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 05:52 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:37–19:31. Trayodashi: 05:52 to 05:50 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 05:52 on Fri 12 Nov to 05:50 on Sat 13 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (16:37–19:31) 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.