Dhanteras 2003 in Gresham, Oregon, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:10–20:53, Wed 22 Oct
Festival · times in PDT
When is Dhanteras 2003 in Gresham?
Wednesday 22 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 22 Oct in GreshamDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:53. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:10 to 20:53.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2003 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 22 Oct in Gresham?
Dhanteras is on Wed 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:53. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:10 to 20:53.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:12–20:53. Trayodashi: 14:52 to 12:17 Thu.
Trayodashi ended at 12:17; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 14:52 on Wed 22 Oct to 12:17 on Thu 23 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:12–20:53) 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.