Dhanteras 1902 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:47–19:12, Tue 28 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1902 in Diffa?
Tuesday 28 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 28 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:53–19:20. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:55 to 19:20.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1902 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 28 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Tue 28 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:53–19:20. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:55 to 19:20.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:53–19:20. Trayodashi: 06:29 to 06:40 Wed.
Trayodashi ended at 06:40; 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 06:29 on Tue 28 Oct to 06:40 on Wed 29 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (16:53–19:20) 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.