Dhanteras 2019 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:30–21:11, Fri 25 Oct
Festival · times in MDT
When is Dhanteras 2019 in Mapleton?
Friday 25 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 25 Oct in MapletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:32–21:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 21:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2019 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 25 Oct in Mapleton?
Dhanteras is on Fri 25 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:32–21:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 21:11.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 07:38 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:32–21:11. Trayodashi: 07:38 to 04:16 Sat.
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 07:38 on Fri 25 Oct to 04:16 on Sat 26 Oct, so only Friday’s pradosha (18:32–21:11) 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.