Dhanteras 2053 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:30–19:20, Sat 8 Nov
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 2053 in Baoding?
Saturday 8 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 8 Nov in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:10–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:30 to 19:20.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2053 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 8 Nov in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Sat 8 Nov: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Fri 7 Nov.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:10–19:54. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:30 to 19:20.
Dwadashi until 19:28, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:28 to 18:55 Sat.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:55; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 19:28 Fri to 18:55.
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 19:28 on Fri 7 Nov to 18:55 on Sat 8 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sat 8 Nov. 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.