Dhanteras 2082 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:26–20:14, Mon 19 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2082 in Diffa?
Monday 19 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 19 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48–20:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:26 to 20:14.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2082 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 19 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Mon 19 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48–20:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:26 to 20:14.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 06:33 Mon.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:48–20:14. Trayodashi: 06:33 to 03:21 Tue.
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 06:33 on Mon 19 Oct to 03:21 on Tue 20 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (17:48–20:14) 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.