Dhanteras 2002 in Bothell, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:18–18:59, Sat 2 Nov
Festival · times in PST
When is Dhanteras 2002 in Bothell?
Saturday 2 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 2 Nov in BothellDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:49–19:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:18 to 18:59.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2002 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 2 Nov in Bothell?
Dhanteras is on Sat 2 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:49–19:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:18 to 18:59.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 23:24.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:49–19:38. Trayodashi: 23:24 Fri to 19:53.
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 23:24 on Fri 1 Nov to 19:53 on Sat 2 Nov, so only Saturday’s pradosha (16:49–19:38) 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.