Dhanteras 2026 in Tehachapi, California, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:20–19:12, Fri 6 Nov
Festival · times in PST
When is Dhanteras 2026 in Tehachapi?
Friday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 6 Nov in TehachapiDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:54–19:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:20 to 19:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2026 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 6 Nov in Tehachapi?
Dhanteras is on Fri 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:54–19:35. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:20 to 19:12.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:01. Trayodashi: 21:01 to 21:18 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:54–19:35. Trayodashi: 21:01 Thu to 21:18.
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 21:01 on Thu 5 Nov to 21:18 on Fri 6 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (16:54–19:35) 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.