Dhanteras 2003 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:55–20:38, Wed 22 Oct
Festival · times in PDT
When is Dhanteras 2003 in Pendleton?
Wednesday 22 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 22 Oct in PendletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:55 to 20:38.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2003 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 22 Oct in Pendleton?
Dhanteras is on Wed 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:57–20:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:55 to 20:38.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:57–20:38. 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 (17:57–20:38) 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.