Dhanteras 2015 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:28–19:17, Mon 9 Nov
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 2015 in Baoding?
Monday 9 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 9 Nov in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:09–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:28 to 19:17.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2015 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 9 Nov in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Mon 9 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:09–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:28 to 19:17.
Dwadashi until 19:01, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:01 to 21:36 Mon.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:09–19:54. Trayodashi: 19:01 Sun to 21:36.
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 19:01 on Sun 8 Nov to 21:36 on Mon 9 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Mon 9 Nov. 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.