Dhanteras 2018 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:41–19:27, Mon 5 Nov
Festival · times in EET
When is Dhanteras 2018 in Sofia?
Monday 5 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 5 Nov in SofiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:14–20:01. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:41 to 19:27.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2018 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Mon 5 Nov in Sofia?
Dhanteras is on Mon 5 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:14–20:01. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:41 to 19:27.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:54. Trayodashi: 21:54 to 20:17 Mon.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:14–20:01. Trayodashi: 21:54 Sun to 20:17.
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 21:54 on Sun 4 Nov to 20:17 on Mon 5 Nov, so only Monday’s pradosha (17:14–20:01) 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.