Dhanteras 1910 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:53–19:25, Sun 30 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1910 in Diffa?
Sunday 30 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 30 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:52–19:20. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:48 to 19:20.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1910 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 30 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sun 30 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:52–19:20. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:48 to 19:20.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 19:39. Trayodashi: 19:39 to 21:27 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:52–19:20. Trayodashi: 19:39 Sat to 21:27.
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 19:39 on Sat 29 Oct to 21:27 on Sun 30 Oct, so only Sunday’s pradosha (16:52–19:20) 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.