Dhanteras 1900 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:16–19:14, Sat 20 Oct
Festival · times in GMT
When is Dhanteras 1900 in Diffa?
Saturday 20 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 20 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:56–19:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:25 to 19:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1900 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 20 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sat 20 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:56–19:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:25 to 19:23.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:56–19:23. Trayodashi: 06:05 to 08:37 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 08:37; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC). 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 06:05 on Sat 20 Oct to 08:37 on Sun 21 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (16:56–19:23) 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.