Dhanteras 2040 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:28–20:10, Fri 2 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2040 in Diffa?
Friday 2 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 2 Nov in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:42–20:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:28 to 20:10.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2040 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 2 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Fri 2 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:42–20:10. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:28 to 20:10.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:12. Trayodashi: 21:12 to 21:22 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:42–20:10. Trayodashi: 21:12 Thu to 21:22.
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 21:12 on Thu 1 Nov to 21:22 on Fri 2 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:42–20:10) 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.