Dhanteras 2006 in Olean, New York, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:39–21:03, Wed 18 Oct
Festival · times in EDT
When is Dhanteras 2006 in Olean?
Wednesday 18 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 18 Oct in OleanDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:27–21:03. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:39 to 21:03.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2006 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 18 Oct in Olean?
Dhanteras is on Wed 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:27–21:03. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:39 to 21:03.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:27–21:03. Trayodashi: 17:38 to 20:21 Thu.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 20:21; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 17:38 Wed to 20:21.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−4). 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 17:38 on Wed 18 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 20:21 on Thu 19 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Wed 18 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.