Dhanteras 1901 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:03–19:04, Fri 8 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 1901 in Diffa?
Friday 8 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 8 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:49–19:18. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:11 to 19:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1901 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 8 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Fri 8 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:49–19:18. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:11 to 19:12.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 00:05 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:49–19:18. Trayodashi: 00:05 to 02:25 Sat.
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 00:05 on Fri 8 Nov to 02:25 on Sat 9 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (16:49–19:18) 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.