Dhanteras 1981 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:27–20:11, Sat 24 Oct
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When is Dhanteras 1981 in Sofia?
Saturday 24 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 24 Oct in SofiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:30–20:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:27 to 20:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1981 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 24 Oct in Sofia?
Dhanteras is on Sat 24 Oct: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Sun 25 Oct.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:30–20:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:27 to 20:11.
Dwadashi until 17:35, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 17:35 to 18:47 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 18:47; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 17:35 Sat to 18:47.
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 17:35 on Sat 24 Oct to 18:47 on Sun 25 Oct, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Sat 24 Oct. 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.