Dhanteras 2004 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:19–19:05, Wed 10 Nov
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When is Dhanteras 2004 in Sofia?
Wednesday 10 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 10 Nov in SofiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:08–19:57. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:19 to 19:05.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2004 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Wed 10 Nov in Sofia?
Dhanteras is on Wed 10 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:08–19:57. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:19 to 19:05.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 22:30.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:08–19:57. Trayodashi: 22:30 Tue to 21:04.
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 22:30 on Tue 9 Nov to 21:04 on Wed 10 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:08–19:57) 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.