Dhanteras 2079 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:19–20:13, Sat 21 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2079 in Diffa?
Saturday 21 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 21 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:47–20:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:19 to 20:13.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2079 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 21 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sat 21 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Sun 22 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:47–20:13. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:19 to 20:13.
Dwadashi until 18:35, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 18:35 to 18:23 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:23; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:35 Sat to 18:23.
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 18:35 on Sat 21 Oct to 18:23 on Sun 22 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sat 21 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.