Dhanteras 1912 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:23–19:23, Wed 6 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 1912 in Diffa?
Wednesday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 6 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:41–18:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:10 to 18:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1912 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 6 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Wed 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:41–18:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:10 to 18:10.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 05:19 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 15:41–18:10. Trayodashi: 05:19 to 03:36 Thu.
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 05:19 on Wed 6 Nov to 03:36 on Thu 7 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (15:41–18:10) 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.