Dhanteras 2016 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:51–20:12, Thu 27 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2016 in Diffa?
Thursday 27 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 27 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:44–20:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:51 to 20:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2016 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 27 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 27 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:44–20:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:51 to 20:12.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:44–20:12. Trayodashi: 11:45 to 13:50 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 13:50; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 11:45 on Thu 27 Oct to 13:50 on Fri 28 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:44–20:12) 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.