Dhanteras 2028 in Tehachapi, California, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:45–20:50, Sun 15 Oct
Festival · times in PDT
When is Dhanteras 2028 in Tehachapi?
Sunday 15 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 15 Oct in TehachapiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:17–20:50. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:45 to 20:50.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2028 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 15 Oct in Tehachapi?
Dhanteras is on Sun 15 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:17–20:50. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:45 to 20:50.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 06:47 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:17–20:50. Trayodashi: 06:47 to 03:15 Mon.
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 06:47 on Sun 15 Oct to 03:15 on Mon 16 Oct, so only Sunday’s pradosha (18:17–20:50) 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.