Dhanteras 1945 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:31–20:11, Thu 1 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1945 in Diffa?
Thursday 1 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 1 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:42–19:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:31 to 19:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1945 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 1 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 1 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:42–19:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:31 to 19:11.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:42–19:11. Trayodashi: 15:51 to 18:08 Fri.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:08; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 15:51 Thu to 18:08.
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 began at 15:51 on Thu 1 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:08 on Fri 2 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Thu 1 Nov. 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.