Dhanteras 2078 in Baoding, Hebei, China Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:55–19:45, Wed 2 Nov
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 2078 in Baoding?
Wednesday 2 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 2 Nov in BaodingDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:16–19:58. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:55 to 19:45.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2078 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 2 Nov in Baoding?
Dhanteras is on Wed 2 Nov: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Tue 1 Nov.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:16–19:58. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:55 to 19:45.
Dwadashi until 17:48, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 17:48 to 19:55 Wed.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:55; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 17:48 Tue to 19:55.
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 17:48 on Tue 1 Nov to 19:55 on Wed 2 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Wed 2 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.