Dhanteras 1930 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:23–20:15, Sun 19 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1930 in Diffa?
Sunday 19 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 19 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:48–18:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:23 to 18:15.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1930 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 19 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sun 19 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 15:48–18:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:23 to 18:15.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 04:51 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 15:48–18:15. Trayodashi: 04:51 to 02:00 Mon.
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 04:51 on Sun 19 Oct to 02:00 on Mon 20 Oct, so only Sunday’s pradosha (15:48–18:15) 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.