Dhanteras 1956 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:34–20:11, Wed 31 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1956 in Diffa?
Wednesday 31 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 31 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:43–19:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:34 to 19:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1956 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 31 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Wed 31 Oct: Trayodashi touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:43–19:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:34 to 19:11.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 20:34. Trayodashi: 20:34 to 18:54 Wed.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:54; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 20:34 Tue to 18:54.
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 20:34 on Tue 30 Oct to 18:54 on Wed 31 Oct, so it touches only Wednesday’s pradosha (16:43–19:11). 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.