Dhanteras 1940 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:46–20:11, Mon 28 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1940 in Diffa?
Monday 28 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 28 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:44–19:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:46 to 19:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1940 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 28 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Mon 28 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:44–19:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:46 to 19:11.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:44–19:11. Trayodashi: 08:38 to 05:15 Tue.
Trayodashi ended at 05:15; 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 08:38 on Mon 28 Oct to 05:15 on Tue 29 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (16:44–19:11) 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.