Dhanteras 1989 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:20–20:04, Thu 26 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 1989 in Baoding?
Thursday 26 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 26 Oct in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:25–20:04. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:20 to 20:04.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1989 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 26 Oct in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Thu 26 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:25–20:04. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:20 to 20:04.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:25–20:04. Trayodashi: 15:53 to 18:22 Fri.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:22; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 15:53 Thu to 18:22.
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 began at 15:53 on Thu 26 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:22 on Fri 27 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Thu 26 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.