Dhanteras 1987 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:25–20:15, Mon 19 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1987 in Diffa?
Monday 19 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 19 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48–20:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:25 to 20:15.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1987 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 19 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Mon 19 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48–20:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:25 to 20:15.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:48–20:15. Trayodashi: 17:01 to 18:06 Tue.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:06; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 17:01 Mon to 18:06.
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 began at 17:01 on Mon 19 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:06 on Tue 20 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Mon 19 Oct. 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.