Dhanteras 2013 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:57–19:47, Fri 1 Nov
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 2013 in Baoding?
Friday 1 November
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Full panchang for Fri 1 Nov in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:17–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:57 to 19:47.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2013 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 1 Nov in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Fri 1 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:17–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:57 to 19:47.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 00:47 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:17–19:59. Trayodashi: 00:47 to 00:04 Sat.
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 00:47 on Fri 1 Nov to 00:04 on Sat 2 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:17–19:59) 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.