Dhanteras 1973 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:30–20:12, Tue 23 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1973 in Sofia?
Tuesday 23 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 23 Oct in SofiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:32–20:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:30 to 20:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1973 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Tue 23 Oct in Sofia?
Dhanteras is on Tue 23 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:32–20:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:30 to 20:12.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 06:00 Tue.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:32–20:12. Trayodashi: 06:00 to 05:20 Wed.
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 06:00 on Tue 23 Oct to 05:20 on Wed 24 Oct, so only Tuesday’s pradosha (17:32–20:12) 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.