Dhanteras 1968 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:45–20:15, Sat 19 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1968 in Sofia?
Saturday 19 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 19 Oct in SofiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:38–20:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:45 to 20:15.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1968 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 19 Oct in Sofia?
Dhanteras is on Sat 19 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:38–20:15. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:45 to 20:15.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 06:31 Sat.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:38–20:15. Trayodashi: 06:31 to 04:49 Sun.
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 06:31 on Sat 19 Oct to 04:49 on Sun 20 Oct, so only Saturday’s pradosha (17:38–20:15) 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.