If one got delayed and did not pray Minha and finds that it is getting too late, or finds that the congregation have already started the 'Amidah, he should not read the Ashrei, but should start the 'Amidah immediately.
After he finishes his 'Amidah, there is a difference of opinion as to what he should do about the Ashrei that he missed. There are those who say that he should read it then. However, according to the holy Zohar and the Mequbbalim (Kabbalists), Ashrei must not be said after the prayer. Therefore, if it was not said before the 'Amidah, it is not said at all during Minha.
As such, one should make the effort, whenever one can, to read it before the 'Amidah.
(See Kaf Hahayyim 234:6. Qisur Sh. 'A. of H' Rafael Baruch Toledano 227, Oth 7)
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