Dhanteras 2018 in Orting, Washington, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:12–18:55, Sun 4 Nov
Festival · times in PST
When is Dhanteras 2018 in Orting?
Sunday 4 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 4 Nov in OrtingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:47–19:37. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:12 to 18:55.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2018 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 4 Nov in Orting?
Dhanteras is on Sun 4 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:47–19:37. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:12 to 18:55.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:47–19:37. Trayodashi: 11:54 to 10:17 Mon.
Trayodashi ended at 10:17; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 11:54 on Sun 4 Nov to 10:17 on Mon 5 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (16:47–19:37) 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.