Dhanteras 2031 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:52–19:54, Wed 12 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2031 in Diffa?
Wednesday 12 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 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 17:52 to 19:54.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2031 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 12 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Wed 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 17:52 to 19:54.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 01:40 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:39–20:09. Trayodashi: 01:40 to 01:06 Thu.
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 01:40 on Wed 12 Nov to 01:06 on Thu 13 Nov, so only Wednesday’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.