Dhanteras 1936 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:51–19:52, Wed 11 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 1936 in Diffa?
Wednesday 11 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 11 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:40–19:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:51 to 18:52.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1936 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 11 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Wed 11 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:40–19:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 16:51 to 18:52.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:00. Trayodashi: 21:00 to 23:33 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:40–19:09. Trayodashi: 21:00 Tue to 23:33.
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 21:00 on Tue 10 Nov to 23:33 on Wed 11 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (16:40–19:09) 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.