Dhanteras 1952 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:33–20:16, Thu 16 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1952 in Diffa?
Thursday 16 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 16 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:49–19:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:33 to 19:16.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1952 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 16 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 16 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:49–19:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:33 to 19:16.
Dwadashi until 18:45, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:45 to 20:36 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:49–19:16. Trayodashi: 18:45 Wed to 20:36.
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 18:45 on Wed 15 Oct to 20:36 on Thu 16 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Thu 16 Oct. 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.