Dhanteras 2023 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:00–20:02, Fri 10 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2023 in Diffa?
Friday 10 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 10 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:40–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:00 to 20:02.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2023 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 10 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Fri 10 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:40–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:00 to 20:02.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:40–20:09. Trayodashi: 08:06 to 09:28 Sat.
Trayodashi ended at 09:28; 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 08:06 on Fri 10 Nov to 09:28 on Sat 11 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:40–20:09) 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.