Diwali 2016 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Sat 29 Oct or Sun 30 Oct

Festival · times in EEST

When is Diwali 2016 in Sofia?

Smarta · Vaishnava

Saturday 29 October

Dharmasindhu · a variant of Smarta

Sunday 30 October

Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)

Full panchang for Sat 29 Oct in Sofia

Diwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Vaishnava · Saturday 29 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

19:06–20:53

1 h 47 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:23⁠–⁠21:06. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:06 to 20:53.

Dharmasindhu · Sunday 30 October

Lakshmi Puja muhurat

18:02–19:49

1 h 47 min · Tithika’s convention

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:21⁠–⁠20:05. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:02 to 19:49.

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Why is Diwali on Sat 29 Oct or Sun 30 Oct in Sofia?

Smarta · Vaishnava · By the Nirnayasindhu, Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Sat 29 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening.

Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:23⁠–⁠21:06. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:06 to 20:53.

Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:23–21:06. Amavasya: 18:10 to 19:38 Sun.

Amavasya holds pradosha only until 19:38; then Pratipada. Amavasya: 18:10 Sat to 19:38.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.

Smarta · Vaishnava

Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Amavasya began at 18:10 on Sat 29 Oct, before that evening’s pradosha, and ended at 19:38 on Sun 30 Oct, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening Amavasya fills: Sat 29 Oct.

Dharmasindhu

Amavasya touches pradosha on both evenings. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Sun 30 Oct, where it holds pradosha until 19:38.

The rule

Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)

Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset.

Smarta: the evening whose pradosha Amavasya holds; when it touches both, the one it holds more of; when neither, the earlier (Nirnayasindhu).
Dharmasindhu: the evening whose pradosha Amavasya holds; when it touches both, the later; when neither, the earlier (Dharmasindhu).
Vaishnava: the Smarta day.