Dhanteras 2011 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:06–20:13, Mon 24 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2011 in Diffa?
Monday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 24 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:46–20:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:06 to 20:13.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2011 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 24 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Mon 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:46–20:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:06 to 20:13.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 08:02 Mon.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:46–20:13. Trayodashi: 08:02 to 04:32 Tue.
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 08:02 on Mon 24 Oct to 04:32 on Tue 25 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (17:46–20:13) 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.