Dhanteras 1939 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:05–20:07, Wed 8 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1939 in Diffa?
Wednesday 8 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 8 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 17:05 to 19:07.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1939 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 8 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Wed 8 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 17:05 to 19:07.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:40–19:09. Trayodashi: 14:31 to 12:05 Thu.
Trayodashi ended at 12:05; 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 14:31 on Wed 8 Nov to 12:05 on Thu 9 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.