Vasant Panchami 2012 in Diffa, Niger Saraswati Puja muhurat 06:36–12:22, Sat 28 Jan
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When is Vasant Panchami 2012 in Diffa?
Vasant Panchami Saraswati Puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Vasant Panchami on Sat 28 Jan in Diffa?
Vasant Panchami is on Sat 28 Jan: Panchami holds more of purvahna that morning than on Fri 27 Jan.
Chaturthi until 09:17, inside purvahna; then Panchami. Panchami: 09:17 to 11:00 Sat.
Panchami holds purvahna only until 11:00; then Shashthi. Panchami: 09:17 Fri to 11:00.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). Band: the tithi. Box: Purvahna. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.
Saraswati Puja is done in purvahna, the first half of the day. Panchami runs from 09:17 on Fri 27 Jan to 11:00 on Sat 28 Jan, touching purvahna on both mornings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the morning it holds more of: Sat 28 Jan. No text giving Vasant Panchami’s time was found; purvahna is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Magha Shukla Panchami
Saraswati Puja is done in purvahna, the first half of the day.
- Smarta
- the morning whose purvahna Panchami holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.