Dhanteras 2005 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:12–21:00, Sat 29 Oct
Festival · times in MDT
When is Dhanteras 2005 in Mapleton?
Saturday 29 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 29 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:27–21:08. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:12 to 21:00.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2005 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 29 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Sat 29 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:27–21:08. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:12 to 21:00.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:27–21:08. Trayodashi: 17:30 to 17:44 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 17:44; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 17:30 Sat to 17:44.
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 began at 17:30 on Sat 29 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 17:44 on Sun 30 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Sat 29 Oct. 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.