Dhanteras 1972 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:23–20:10, Fri 3 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 1972 in Diffa?
Friday 3 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 3 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:41–20:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:23 to 20:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1972 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 3 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Fri 3 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:41–20:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:23 to 20:10.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 20:10. Trayodashi: 20:10 to 21:57 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:41–20:10. Trayodashi: 20:10 Thu to 21:57.
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 20:10 on Thu 2 Nov to 21:57 on Fri 3 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:41–20:10) 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.