Dhanteras 2018 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:18–20:10, Mon 5 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2018 in Diffa?
Monday 5 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 5 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 18:18 to 20:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2018 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 5 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Mon 5 Nov: Trayodashi touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:41–20:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:18 to 20:10.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 20:54. Trayodashi: 20:54 to 19:17 Mon.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:17; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 20:54 Sun to 19:17.
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 20:54 on Sun 4 Nov to 19:17 on Mon 5 Nov, so it touches only Monday’s pradosha (17:41–20:10). 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.