Dhanteras 2000 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:30–21:12, Tue 24 Oct
Festival · times in MDT
When is Dhanteras 2000 in Mapleton?
Tuesday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 24 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:33–21:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 21:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2000 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 24 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Tue 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:33–21:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 21:12.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 05:26 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:33–21:12. Trayodashi: 05:26 to 03:56 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). 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 05:26 on Tue 24 Oct to 03:56 on Wed 25 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (18:33–21:12) 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.