Dhanteras 2008 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:20–20:03, Sun 26 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 2008 in Baoding?
Sunday 26 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 26 Oct in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:24–20:03. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:20 to 20:03.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2008 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 26 Oct in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Sun 26 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:24–20:03. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:20 to 20:03.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 04:50 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:24–20:03. Trayodashi: 04:50 to 05:15 Mon.
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 04:50 on Sun 26 Oct to 05:15 on Mon 27 Oct, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:24–20:03) 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.