Dhanteras 2074 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:30–20:15, Thu 18 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2074 in Diffa?
Thursday 18 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 18 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48–20:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 20:15.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2074 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 18 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Thu 18 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Wed 17 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48–20:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:30 to 20:15.
Dwadashi until 20:14, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 20:14 to 18:07 Thu.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:07; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 20:14 Wed to 18:07.
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 20:14 on Wed 17 Oct to 18:07 on Thu 18 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Thu 18 Oct. 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.