Chhath 2011 in Diffa, Niger Sandhya arghya 17:43, Mon 31 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Chhath 2011 in Diffa?
Chhath Sandhya arghya: what time?
Sandhya arghya
17:43
Tithika’s convention
Chhath timings: sandhya arghya, usha arghya
- Monday 31 October
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17:43Sandhya arghyaat sunset · Tithika’s convention
- Tuesday 1 November
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06:03Usha arghyaat sunrise · Tithika’s convention
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Chhath 2011 page:
Why is Chhath on Mon 31 Oct in Diffa?
Chhath · Sandhya Arghya is on Mon 31 Oct: Shashthi holds sunset that evening.
Shashthi at sunset, 17:43. Shashthi: 06:33 to 05:36 Tue.
Shashthi ended at 05:36; sunset at 17:42 is Saptami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). Band: the tithi. Line: Sunset. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
The evening arghya is offered at sunset. Shashthi runs from 06:33 on Mon 31 Oct to 05:36 on Tue 1 Nov, so it holds sunset only on Mon 31 Oct, at 17:43. No text giving Chhath · Sandhya Arghya’s time was found; sunset is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Kartika Shukla Shashthi
The evening arghya is offered at sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose sunset Shashthi holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.