Dhanteras 2014 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:48–21:16, Mon 20 Oct
Festival · times in MDT
When is Dhanteras 2014 in Mapleton?
Monday 20 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 20 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:39–21:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:48 to 21:16.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2014 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 20 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Mon 20 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:39–21:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:48 to 21:16.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:39–21:16. Trayodashi: 11:52 to 13:42 Tue.
Trayodashi ended at 13:42; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 11:52 on Mon 20 Oct to 13:42 on Tue 21 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:39–21:16) 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.