Bhai Dooj 2025 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat 14:15–16:23, Thu 23 Oct
Festival · times in EEST
When is Bhai Dooj 2025 in Sofia?
Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat: what time?
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Bhai Dooj 2025 page:
Why is Bhai Dooj on Thu 23 Oct in Sofia?
Bhai Dooj is on Thu 23 Oct: Dwitiya holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Pratipada; Dwitiya begins at 17:47. Dwitiya: 17:47 to 20:17 Thu.
Dwitiya holds all of aparahna, 14:15–16:23. Dwitiya: 17:47 Wed to 20:17.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). Band: the tithi. Box: Aparahna. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
The tilak is applied in aparahna, the fourth fifth of the day. Dwitiya runs from 17:47 on Wed 22 Oct to 20:17 on Thu 23 Oct, so only Thursday’s aparahna (14:15–16:23) falls within it. No text giving Bhai Dooj’s time was found; aparahna is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Kartika Shukla Dwitiya
The tilak is applied in aparahna, the fourth fifth of the day.
- Smarta
- the day whose aparahna Dwitiya holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.