Dhanteras 2004 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:56–19:58, Wed 10 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2004 in Diffa?
Wednesday 10 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 10 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:40–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:56 to 19:58.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2004 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 10 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Wed 10 Nov: Trayodashi touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:40–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:56 to 19:58.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:30. Trayodashi: 21:30 to 20:04 Wed.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 20:04; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 21:30 Tue to 20:04.
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 21:30 on Tue 9 Nov to 20:04 on Wed 10 Nov, so it touches only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:40–20:09). 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.