Dhanteras 1915 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:51–19:40, Thu 4 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+0:30
When is Dhanteras 1915 in Diffa?
Thursday 4 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 4 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:42–18:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:21 to 18:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1915 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 4 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 4 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:42–18:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:21 to 18:10.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 15:42–18:10. Trayodashi: 15:21 to 13:03 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 13:03; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 15:21 Thu to 13:03.
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 15:21 on Thu 4 Nov to 13:03 on Fri 5 Nov, so only Thursday’s pradosha (15:42–18:10) 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.