Dhanteras 2049 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:31–20:11, Sat 23 Oct
Festival · times in EET
When is Dhanteras 2049 in Sofia?
Saturday 23 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 23 Oct in SofiaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:31–21:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:31 to 21:11.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2049 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sat 23 Oct in Sofia?
Dhanteras is on Sat 23 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:31–21:11. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:31 to 21:11.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 18:31–21:11. Trayodashi: 18:18 to 19:10 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:10; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 18:18 Sat to 19:10.
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 began at 18:18 on Sat 23 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 19:10 on Sun 24 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Trayodashi fills: Sat 23 Oct. 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.