Dhanteras 2005 in Orting, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:35–20:17, Sat 29 Oct
Festival · times in PDT
When is Dhanteras 2005 in Orting?
Saturday 29 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 29 Oct in OrtingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:56–20:43. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:35 to 20:17.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2005 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 29 Oct in Orting?
Dhanteras is on Sat 29 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:56–20:43. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:35 to 20:17.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:56–20:43. Trayodashi: 16:30 to 16:44 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 16:44; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:30 Sat to 16:44.
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 16:30 on Sat 29 Oct to 16:44 on Sun 30 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:56–20:43) 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.