Dhanteras 2049 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:09–20:13, Sat 23 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2049 in Diffa?
Saturday 23 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 23 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 19:09 to 20:13.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2049 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 23 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sat 23 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 19:09 to 20:13.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:46–20:13. Trayodashi: 16:18 to 17:10 Sun.
Trayodashi ended at 17:10; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 16:18 Sat to 17:10.
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 16:18 on Sat 23 Oct to 17:10 on Sun 24 Oct, so only Saturday’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.