Dhanteras 1998 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:32–20:15, Sat 17 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 1998 in Diffa?
Saturday 17 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 17 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:49–20:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:32 to 20:15.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1998 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 17 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sat 17 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:49–20:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:32 to 20:15.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 04:07 Sat.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:49–20:15. Trayodashi: 04:07 to 06:17 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 04:07 on Sat 17 Oct to 06:17 on Sun 18 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:49–20:15) 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.