Dhanteras 2013 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:37–20:11, Thu 31 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2013 in Diffa?
Thursday 31 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 31 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:42–20:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:37 to 20:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2013 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 31 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 31 Oct: Trayodashi touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:42–20:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:37 to 20:11.
Dwadashi until 17:47, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 17:47 to 17:04 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 17:04; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 17:47 Thu to 17:04.
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 17:47 on Thu 31 Oct to 17:04 on Fri 1 Nov, so it touches only Thursday’s pradosha (17:42–20:11). 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.