Dhanteras 1917 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:21–19:23, Sun 11 Nov
Festival · times in UTC+0:30
When is Dhanteras 1917 in Diffa?
Sunday 11 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 11 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:40–18:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 15:51 to 17:53.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1917 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 11 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sun 11 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:40–18:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 15:51 to 17:53.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 15:40–18:09. Trayodashi: 14:34 to 16:02 Mon.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 16:02; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 14:34 Sun to 16:02.
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 began at 14:34 on Sun 11 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 16:02 on Mon 12 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Sun 11 Nov. 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.