Dhanteras 2017 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 20:03–21:19, Mon 16 Oct
Festival · times in MDT
When is Dhanteras 2017 in Mapleton?
Monday 16 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 16 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:44–21:19. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:03 to 21:19.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2017 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 16 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Mon 16 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:44–21:19. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 20:03 to 21:19.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:44–21:19. Trayodashi: 12:56 to 12:38 Tue.
Trayodashi ended at 12:38; 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 12:56 on Mon 16 Oct to 12:38 on Tue 17 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:44–21:19) 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.