Dhanteras 1998 in Orting, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:23–20:56, Sat 17 Oct
Festival · times in PDT
When is Dhanteras 1998 in Orting?
Saturday 17 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 17 Oct in OrtingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:17–20:56. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:23 to 20:56.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1998 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 17 Oct in Orting?
Dhanteras is on Sat 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:17–20:56. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:23 to 20:56.
Dwadashi until 20:07, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 20:07 to 22:17 Sat.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:17–20:56. Trayodashi: 20:07 Fri 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 20:07 on Fri 16 Oct to 22:17 on Sat 17 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sat 17 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.