Dhanteras 1939 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:29–19:14, Wed 8 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 1939 in Sofia?
Wednesday 8 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 8 Nov in SofiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:12–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:29 to 19:14.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1939 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 8 Nov in Sofia?
Dhanteras is on Wed 8 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:12–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:29 to 19:14.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:12–19:59. Trayodashi: 16:31 to 14:05 Thu.
Trayodashi ended at 14:05; pradosha is Chaturdashi.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Trayodashi runs from 16:31 on Wed 8 Nov to 14:05 on Thu 9 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:12–19:59) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose pradosha Trayodashi holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.