Dhanteras 2014 in Orting, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:11–20:52, Mon 20 Oct
Festival · times in PDT
When is Dhanteras 2014 in Orting?
Monday 20 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 20 Oct in OrtingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:52. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:11 to 20:52.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2014 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 20 Oct in Orting?
Dhanteras is on Mon 20 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:52. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:11 to 20:52.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:12–20:52. Trayodashi: 10:52 to 12:42 Tue.
Trayodashi ended at 12:42; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 10:52 on Mon 20 Oct to 12:42 on Tue 21 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:12–20:52) 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.