Dhanteras 1947 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:58–19:59, Mon 10 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 1947 in Diffa?
Monday 10 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 10 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 16:58 to 18:59.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1947 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 10 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Mon 10 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 16:58 to 18:59.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:23. Trayodashi: 21:23 to 20:30 Mon.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:40–19:09. Trayodashi: 21:23 Sun to 20:30.
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 21:23 on Sun 9 Nov to 20:30 on Mon 10 Nov, so only Monday’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.