Bhai Dooj 2027 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat 14:12–16:17, Sat 30 Oct
Festival · times in EEST
When is Bhai Dooj 2027 in Sofia?
Bhai Dooj tilak muhurat: what time?
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Bhai Dooj 2027 page:
Why is Bhai Dooj on Sat 30 Oct in Sofia?
Bhai Dooj is on Sat 30 Oct: Dwitiya holds more of aparahna that day than on Sun 31 Oct.
Pratipada until 15:22, inside aparahna; then Dwitiya. Dwitiya: 15:22 to 13:43 Sun.
Dwitiya holds aparahna only until 13:43; then Tritiya. Dwitiya: 15:22 Sat to 13:43.
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 15:22 on Sat 30 Oct to 13:43 on Sun 31 Oct, touching aparahna on both days. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day it holds more of: Sat 30 Oct. 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.