Dhanteras 1916 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:31–19:43, Tue 24 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+0:30
When is Dhanteras 1916 in Diffa?
Tuesday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 24 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:46–18:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:01 to 18:13.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1916 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 24 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Tue 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:46–18:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:01 to 18:13.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 20:47. Trayodashi: 20:47 to 21:02 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 15:46–18:13. Trayodashi: 20:47 Mon to 21:02.
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 20:47 on Mon 23 Oct to 21:02 on Tue 24 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (15:46–18:13) 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.