Dhanteras 2009 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:07–21:20, Thu 15 Oct
Festival · times in MDT
When is Dhanteras 2009 in Mapleton?
Thursday 15 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 15 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:46–21:20. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:07 to 21:20.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2009 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 15 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Thu 15 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:46–21:20. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:07 to 21:20.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 05:08 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:46–21:20. Trayodashi: 05:08 to 03:01 Fri.
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 05:08 on Thu 15 Oct to 03:01 on Fri 16 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:46–21:20) 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.