Dhanteras 2008 in Olean, New York, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:09–20:56, Sat 25 Oct
Festival · times in EDT
When is Dhanteras 2008 in Olean?
Saturday 25 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 25 Oct in OleanDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:16–20:56. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:09 to 20:56.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2008 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 25 Oct in Olean?
Dhanteras is on Sat 25 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:16–20:56. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:09 to 20:56.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:16–20:56. Trayodashi: 16:50 to 17:15 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 17:15; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:50 Sat to 17:15.
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 runs from 16:50 on Sat 25 Oct to 17:15 on Sun 26 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (18:16–20:56) 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.