Vasant Panchami 2020 in Diffa, Niger Saraswati Puja muhurat 06:36–12:22, Wed 29 Jan
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When is Vasant Panchami 2020 in Diffa?
Vasant Panchami Saraswati Puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Vasant Panchami on Wed 29 Jan in Diffa?
Vasant Panchami is on Wed 29 Jan: Panchami holds all of purvahna that morning.
Panchami holds all of purvahna, 06:36–12:22. Panchami: 06:16 to 08:49 Thu.
Panchami holds purvahna only until 08:49; then Shashthi. Panchami: 06:16 Wed to 08:49.
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 began at 06:16 on Wed 29 Jan, before that morning’s purvahna, and ended at 08:49 on Thu 30 Jan, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the morning Panchami fills: Wed 29 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.