Dhanteras 2076 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:01–20:12, Sun 25 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2076 in Diffa?
Sunday 25 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 25 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:44–20:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:01 to 20:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2076 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 25 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sun 25 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Sat 24 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:44–20:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:01 to 20:12.
Dwadashi until 18:25, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:25 to 20:02 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 20:02; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:25 Sat to 20:02.
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 18:25 on Sat 24 Oct to 20:02 on Sun 25 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sun 25 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.