Dhanteras 2012 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:20–19:08, Sun 11 Nov
Festival · times in MST
When is Dhanteras 2012 in Mapleton?
Sunday 11 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 11 Nov in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:12–20:00. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:20 to 19:08.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2012 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 11 Nov in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Sun 11 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:12–20:00. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:20 to 19:08.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 00:58 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:12–20:00. Trayodashi: 00:58 to 22:03.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). 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 00:58 on Sun 11 Nov to 22:03 on Sun 11 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:12–20:00) 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.