Dhanteras 1959 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:45–20:11, Thu 29 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1959 in Diffa?
Thursday 29 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 29 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:44–19:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:45 to 19:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1959 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 29 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 29 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:44–19:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:45 to 19:11.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:44–19:11. Trayodashi: 07:10 to 04:51 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 04:51; 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 07:10 on Thu 29 Oct to 04:51 on Fri 30 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (16:44–19:11) 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.