Dhanteras 2034 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:07–20:09, Wed 8 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2034 in Diffa?
Wednesday 8 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 8 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 18:07 to 20:09.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2034 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 8 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Wed 8 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:40–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:07 to 20:09.
Dwadashi until 19:33, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:33 to 21:34 Wed.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:40–20:09. Trayodashi: 19:33 Tue to 21:34.
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 19:33 on Tue 7 Nov to 21:34 on Wed 8 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Wed 8 Nov. 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.