Dhanteras 2064 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:13–20:09, Thu 6 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2064 in Diffa?
Thursday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 6 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 18:13 to 20:09.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2064 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 6 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:40–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:13 to 20:09.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 07:46 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:40–20:09. Trayodashi: 07:46 to 04:14 Fri.
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 07:46 on Thu 6 Nov to 04:14 on Fri 7 Nov, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:40–20:09) 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.