Dhanteras 2020 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:49–19:51, Thu 12 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2020 in Diffa?
Thursday 12 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 12 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:39–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:49 to 19:51.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2020 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 12 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 12 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:39–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:49 to 19:51.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:39–20:09. Trayodashi: 17:00 to 13:29 Fri.
Trayodashi ended at 13:29; 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 17:00 on Thu 12 Nov to 13:29 on Fri 13 Nov, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:39–20:09) 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.