Dhanteras 1938 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:19–20:14, Thu 20 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1938 in Diffa?
Thursday 20 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 20 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:48–19:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:19 to 19:14.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1938 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 20 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 20 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:48–19:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:19 to 19:14.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:48–19:14. Trayodashi: 12:08 to 10:36 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 10:36; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 12:08 on Thu 20 Oct to 10:36 on Fri 21 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (16:48–19:14) 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.