Dhanteras 1919 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:20–20:14, Mon 20 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1919 in Diffa?
Monday 20 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 20 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:48–18:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:20 to 18:14.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1919 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 20 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Mon 20 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:48–18:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:20 to 18:14.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 15:48–18:14. Trayodashi: 15:02 to 16:08 Tue.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 16:08; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 15:02 Mon to 16:08.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 15:02 on Mon 20 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 16:08 on Tue 21 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Mon 20 Oct. 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.