Dhanteras 1914 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:04–19:46, Fri 16 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+0:30
When is Dhanteras 1914 in Diffa?
Friday 16 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 16 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:50–18:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:34 to 18:16.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1914 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 16 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Fri 16 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:50–18:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:34 to 18:16.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 15:50–18:16. Trayodashi: 15:45 to 12:45 Sat.
Trayodashi ended at 12:45; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+0:30). 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 15:45 on Fri 16 Oct to 12:45 on Sat 17 Oct, so only Friday’s pradosha (15:50–18:16) 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.