Dhanteras 2080 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:02–20:04, Sat 9 Nov
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2080 in Diffa?
Saturday 9 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 9 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 18:02 to 20:04.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2080 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 9 Nov in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sat 9 Nov: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Fri 8 Nov.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:40–20:09. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:02 to 20:04.
Dwadashi until 19:48, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:48 to 18:25 Sat.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:25; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 19:48 Fri to 18:25.
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 19:48 on Fri 8 Nov to 18:25 on Sat 9 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sat 9 Nov. 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.