Dhanteras 2007 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:15–20:10, Tue 6 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2007 in Diffa?
Tuesday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 6 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 18:15 to 20:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2007 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 6 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Tue 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:41–20:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:15 to 20:10.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:41–20:10. Trayodashi: 16:30 to 18:57 Wed.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:57; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:30 Tue to 18:57.
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 began at 16:30 on Tue 6 Nov, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 18:57 on Wed 7 Nov, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Tue 6 Nov. 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.