Dhanteras 2016 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:33–20:17, Thu 27 Oct
Festival · times in PDT
When is Dhanteras 2016 in Pendleton?
Thursday 27 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 27 Oct in PendletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:33 to 20:17.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2016 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 27 Oct in Pendleton?
Dhanteras is on Thu 27 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:33 to 20:17.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 03:45 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:48–20:32. Trayodashi: 03:45 to 05:50 Fri.
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 03:45 on Thu 27 Oct to 05:50 on Fri 28 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:48–20:32) 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.