Dhanteras 2018 in Lin’e, Chongqing, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:28–20:23, Mon 5 Nov
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 2018 in Lin’e?
Monday 5 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 5 Nov in Lin’eDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:28 to 20:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2018 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 5 Nov in Lin’e?
Dhanteras is on Mon 5 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:55–20:32. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:28 to 20:23.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 03:54 Mon.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:55–20:32. Trayodashi: 03:54 to 02:17 Tue.
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 03:54 on Mon 5 Nov to 02:17 on Tue 6 Nov, so only Monday’s pradosha (17:55–20:32) 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.