Vasant Panchami 2014 in Diffa, Niger Saraswati Puja muhurat 06:35–12:23, Mon 3 Feb
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When is Vasant Panchami 2014 in Diffa?
Vasant Panchami Saraswati Puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Vasant Panchami on Mon 3 Feb in Diffa?
Vasant Panchami is on Mon 3 Feb: Panchami holds more of purvahna that morning than on Tue 4 Feb.
Chaturthi until 10:04, inside purvahna; then Panchami. Panchami: 10:04 to 08:31 Tue.
Panchami holds purvahna only until 08:31; then Shashthi. Panchami: 10:04 Mon to 08:31.
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 10:04 on Mon 3 Feb to 08:31 on Tue 4 Feb, touching purvahna on both mornings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the morning it holds more of: Mon 3 Feb. 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.