Dhanteras 2085 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:41–20:16, Mon 15 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2085 in Diffa?
Monday 15 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 15 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:50–20:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:41 to 20:16.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2085 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 15 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Mon 15 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:50–20:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:41 to 20:16.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:50–20:16. Trayodashi: 12:51 to 14:57 Tue.
Trayodashi ended at 14:57; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
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 12:51 on Mon 15 Oct to 14:57 on Tue 16 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (17:50–20:16) 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.