Dhanteras 1941 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:26–20:15, Sat 18 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1941 in Diffa?
Saturday 18 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 18 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:49–19:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:26 to 19:15.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1941 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 18 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sat 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:49–19:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:26 to 19:15.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 23:06.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:49–19:15. Trayodashi: 23:06 Fri to 20:40.
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 23:06 on Fri 17 Oct to 20:40 on Sat 18 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (16:49–19:15) 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.