Dhanteras 1909 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:09–19:10, Wed 10 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 1909 in Diffa?
Wednesday 10 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 10 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:48–19:18. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:03 to 19:05.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1909 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 10 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Wed 10 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:48–19:18. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:03 to 19:05.
Dwadashi until 19:15, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:15 to 21:49 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:48–19:18. Trayodashi: 19:15 Tue to 21:49.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+0:13). 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 19:15 on Tue 9 Nov to 21:49 on Wed 10 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Wed 10 Nov. 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.