Dhanteras 2090 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:23–20:14, Fri 20 Oct
Festival · times in WAT
When is Dhanteras 2090 in Diffa?
Friday 20 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 20 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:47–20:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:23 to 20:14.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2090 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 20 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Fri 20 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:47–20:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:23 to 20:14.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:47–20:14. Trayodashi: 13:29 to 10:08 Sat.
Trayodashi ended at 10:08; 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 13:29 on Fri 20 Oct to 10:08 on Sat 21 Oct, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:47–20:14) 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.