Dhanteras 1971 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:37–20:16, Sat 16 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1971 in Diffa?
Saturday 16 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 16 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:50–20:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:37 to 20:16.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1971 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 16 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sat 16 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:50–20:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:37 to 20:16.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 01:24 Sat.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:50–20:16. Trayodashi: 01:24 to 03:55 Sun.
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 01:24 on Sat 16 Oct to 03:55 on Sun 17 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:50–20:16) 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.