Dhanteras 2015 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:30–19:17, Sun 8 Nov
Festival · times in EET
When is Dhanteras 2015 in Sofia?
Sunday 8 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 8 Nov in SofiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:11–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:30 to 19:17.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2015 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 8 Nov in Sofia?
Dhanteras is on Sun 8 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:11–19:59. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:30 to 19:17.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:11–19:59. Trayodashi: 13:01 to 15:36 Mon.
Trayodashi ended at 15:36; pradosha is Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 13:01 Sun to 15:36.
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 13:01 on Sun 8 Nov to 15:36 on Mon 9 Nov, so only Sunday’s pradosha (17:11–19:59) 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.