Vasant Panchami 2018 in Diffa, Niger Saraswati Puja muhurat 06:36–12:21, Mon 22 Jan
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When is Vasant Panchami 2018 in Diffa?
Vasant Panchami Saraswati Puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Vasant Panchami on Mon 22 Jan in Diffa?
Vasant Panchami is on Mon 22 Jan: Panchami holds more of purvahna that morning than on Sun 21 Jan.
Chaturthi until 11:03, inside purvahna; then Panchami. Panchami: 11:03 to 11:54 Mon.
Panchami holds purvahna only until 11:54; then Shashthi. Panchami: 11:03 Sun to 11:54.
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 11:03 on Sun 21 Jan to 11:54 on Mon 22 Jan, touching purvahna on both mornings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the morning it holds more of: Mon 22 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.