Dhanteras 1963 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:44–20:17, Mon 14 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1963 in Diffa?
Monday 14 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 14 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:51–20:17. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:44 to 20:17.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1963 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 14 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Mon 14 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:51–20:17. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:44 to 20:17.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:51–20:17. Trayodashi: 08:47 to 10:05 Tue.
Trayodashi ended at 10:05; 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 08:47 on Mon 14 Oct to 10:05 on Tue 15 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (17:51–20:17) 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.