Dhanteras 2003 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Dhanteras puja muhurat 19:33–21:12, Thu 23 Oct
Festival · times in EEST
When is Dhanteras 2003 in Sofia?
Thursday 23 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 23 Oct in SofiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:32–21:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:33 to 21:12.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2003 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 23 Oct in Sofia?
Dhanteras is on Thu 23 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:32–21:12. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:33 to 21:12.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 00:52 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:32–21:12. Trayodashi: 00:52 to 22:17.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). 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 00:52 on Thu 23 Oct to 22:17 on Thu 23 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (18:32–21:12) 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.