Dhanteras 2040 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:51–19:38, Fri 2 Nov
Festival · times in EET
When is Dhanteras 2040 in Sofia?
Friday 2 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 2 Nov in SofiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:17–20:02. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:51 to 19:38.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2040 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 2 Nov in Sofia?
Dhanteras is on Fri 2 Nov: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:17–20:02. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:51 to 19:38.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 22:12. Trayodashi: 22:12 to 22:22 Fri.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 17:17–20:02. Trayodashi: 22:12 Thu to 22:22.
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 22:12 on Thu 1 Nov to 22:22 on Fri 2 Nov, so only Friday’s pradosha (17:17–20:02) 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.