Dhanteras 1934 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:20–20:10, Sun 4 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1934 in Diffa?
Sunday 4 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 4 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:41–19:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:20 to 19:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1934 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 4 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sun 4 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:41–19:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:20 to 19:10.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 05:26 Sun.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:41–19:10. Trayodashi: 05:26 to 05:50 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 05:26 on Sun 4 Nov to 05:50 on Mon 5 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (16:41–19:10) 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.