Dhanteras 2041 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:13–20:13, Tue 22 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2041 in Diffa?
Tuesday 22 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 22 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:46–20:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:13 to 20:13.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2041 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 22 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Tue 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:46–20:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:13 to 20:13.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 20:23. Trayodashi: 20:23 to 22:44 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:46–20:13. Trayodashi: 20:23 Mon to 22:44.
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 20:23 on Mon 21 Oct to 22:44 on Tue 22 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:46–20:13) 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.