Dhanteras 2006 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:56–21:18, Wed 18 Oct
Festival · times in MDT
When is Dhanteras 2006 in Mapleton?
Wednesday 18 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 18 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:42–21:18. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:56 to 21:18.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2006 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 18 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Wed 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:42–21:18. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:56 to 21:18.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:42–21:18. Trayodashi: 15:38 to 18:21 Thu.
Trayodashi ended at 18:21; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 15:38 Wed to 18:21.
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 runs from 15:38 on Wed 18 Oct to 18:21 on Thu 19 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (18:42–21:18) 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.