Dhanteras 1923 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:13–20:10, Tue 6 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 1923 in Diffa?
Tuesday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 6 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 16:13 to 18:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1923 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 6 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Tue 6 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 16:13 to 18:10.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 01:16 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 15:41–18:10. Trayodashi: 01:16 to 22:00.
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 01:16 on Tue 6 Nov to 22:00 on Tue 6 Nov, so only Tuesday’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.