Dhanteras 1995 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:42–20:08, Sat 21 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 1995 in Baoding?
Saturday 21 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 21 Oct in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:32–20:08. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:42 to 20:08.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1995 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 21 Oct in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Sat 21 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:32–20:08. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:42 to 20:08.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:32–20:08. Trayodashi: 16:59 to 16:07 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 16:07; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:59 Sat to 16:07.
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 16:59 on Sat 21 Oct to 16:07 on Sun 22 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:32–20:08) 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.