Dhanteras 1918 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:05–19:41, Thu 31 Oct
Festival · times in UTC+0:30
When is Dhanteras 1918 in Diffa?
Thursday 31 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 31 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:43–18:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:35 to 18:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1918 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 31 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 31 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:43–18:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:35 to 18:11.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 15:43–18:11. Trayodashi: 12:24 to 14:57 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 14:57; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 12:24 Thu to 14:57.
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 12:24 on Thu 31 Oct to 14:57 on Fri 1 Nov, so only Thursday’s pradosha (15:43–18:11) 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.