Dhanteras 2004 in Orting, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 16:51–18:33, Tue 9 Nov
Festival · times in PST
When is Dhanteras 2004 in Orting?
Tuesday 9 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 9 Nov in OrtingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:40–19:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:51 to 18:33.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2004 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 9 Nov in Orting?
Dhanteras is on Tue 9 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:40–19:33. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:51 to 18:33.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:40–19:33. Trayodashi: 12:30 to 11:04 Wed.
Trayodashi ended at 11:04; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 12:30 on Tue 9 Nov to 11:04 on Wed 10 Nov, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (16:40–19:33) 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.