Dhanteras 1949 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:46–20:16, Wed 19 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1949 in Sofia?
Wednesday 19 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 19 Oct in SofiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:38–20:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:46 to 20:16.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1949 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 19 Oct in Sofia?
Dhanteras is on Wed 19 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:38–20:16. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:46 to 20:16.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:38–20:16. Trayodashi: 10:03 to 06:43 Thu.
Trayodashi ended at 06:43; 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 10:03 on Wed 19 Oct to 06:43 on Thu 20 Oct, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:38–20:16) 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.