Dhanteras 1913 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:04–19:25, Mon 27 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1913 in Diffa?
Monday 27 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 27 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:44–18:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:50 to 18:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1913 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 27 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Mon 27 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:44–18:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:50 to 18:12.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 23:25.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 15:44–18:12. Trayodashi: 23:25 Sun to 20:08.
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 23:25 on Sun 26 Oct to 20:08 on Mon 27 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (15:44–18:12) 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.