Dhanteras 1920 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:06–20:08, Sun 7 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1920 in Diffa?
Sunday 7 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 7 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:41–18:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:06 to 18:08.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1920 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 7 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sun 7 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:41–18:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:06 to 18:08.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 15:41–18:10. Trayodashi: 13:35 to 13:38 Mon.
Trayodashi ended at 13:38; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 13:35 Sun to 13:38.
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 runs from 13:35 on Sun 7 Nov to 13:38 on Mon 8 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (15:41–18:10) 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.