Dhanteras 1928 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:58–20:00, Fri 9 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1928 in Diffa?
Friday 9 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 9 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 15:58 to 18:00.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1928 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 9 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Fri 9 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:40–18:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 15:58 to 18:00.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 02:24 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 15:40–18:09. Trayodashi: 02:24 to 04:06 Sat.
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 02:24 on Fri 9 Nov to 04:06 on Sat 10 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (15:40–18:09) 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.