Dhanteras 1997 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:16–20:04, Tue 28 Oct
Festival · times in MST
When is Dhanteras 1997 in Mapleton?
Tuesday 28 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 28 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:28–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:16 to 20:04.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1997 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 28 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Tue 28 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:28–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:16 to 20:04.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 20:32. Trayodashi: 20:32 to 23:03 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:28–20:09. Trayodashi: 20:32 Mon to 23:03.
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 20:32 on Mon 27 Oct to 23:03 on Tue 28 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:28–20:09) 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.