Dhanteras 1996 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:31–19:20, Fri 8 Nov
Festival · times in MST
When is Dhanteras 1996 in Mapleton?
Friday 8 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 8 Nov in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:15–20:01. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:31 to 19:20.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1996 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 8 Nov in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Fri 8 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:15–20:01. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:31 to 19:20.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:49. Trayodashi: 21:49 to 22:17 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:15–20:01. Trayodashi: 21:49 Thu to 22:17.
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 21:49 on Thu 7 Nov to 22:17 on Fri 8 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:15–20:01) 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.