Dhanteras 1950 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:09–20:10, Tue 7 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1950 in Diffa?
Tuesday 7 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 7 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:41–19:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:09 to 19:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1950 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 7 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Tue 7 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:41–19:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:09 to 19:10.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:41–19:10. Trayodashi: 09:16 to 06:25 Wed.
Trayodashi ended at 06:25; 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 09:16 on Tue 7 Nov to 06:25 on Wed 8 Nov, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (16:41–19:10) 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.