Dhanteras 2016 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:12–20:01, Fri 28 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 2016 in Baoding?
Friday 28 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 28 Oct in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:22–20:02. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:12 to 20:01.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2016 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 28 Oct in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Fri 28 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:22–20:02. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:12 to 20:01.
Dwadashi until 18:45, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:45 to 20:50 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:22–20:02. Trayodashi: 18:45 Thu to 20:50.
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 18:45 on Thu 27 Oct to 20:50 on Fri 28 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Fri 28 Oct. 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.