Dhanteras 1946 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:11–20:13, Tue 22 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1946 in Diffa?
Tuesday 22 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 22 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:47–19:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:11 to 19:13.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1946 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 22 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Tue 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:47–19:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:11 to 19:13.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:28. Trayodashi: 21:28 to 21:41 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:47–19:13. Trayodashi: 21:28 Mon to 21:41.
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 21:28 on Mon 21 Oct to 21:41 on Tue 22 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (16:47–19:13) 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.