Dhanteras 1907 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:24–19:10, Sun 3 Nov
Festival · times in GMT
When is Dhanteras 1907 in Diffa?
Sunday 3 November
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Full panchang for Sun 3 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:50–19:19. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:33 to 19:19.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1907 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 3 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sun 3 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:50–19:19. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:33 to 19:19.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:18 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:50–19:19. Trayodashi: 02:18 to 01:45 Mon.
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 02:18 on Sun 3 Nov to 01:45 on Mon 4 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (16:50–19:19) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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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.