Dhanteras 1911 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:37–19:28, Thu 19 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1911 in Diffa?
Thursday 19 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 19 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:57–19:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:32 to 19:23.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1911 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 19 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 19 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:57–19:23. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:32 to 19:23.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 04:51 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:57–19:23. Trayodashi: 04:51 to 04:12 Fri.
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 04:51 on Thu 19 Oct to 04:12 on Fri 20 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (16:57–19:23) 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.