Dhanteras 2047 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:38–20:16, Wed 16 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2047 in Diffa?
Wednesday 16 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 16 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:49–20:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:38 to 20:16.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2047 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 16 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Wed 16 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:49–20:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:38 to 20:16.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:49–20:16. Trayodashi: 14:15 to 11:26 Thu.
Trayodashi ended at 11:26; 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 14:15 on Wed 16 Oct to 11:26 on Thu 17 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:49–20:16) 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.