Diwali 2024 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Lakshmi Puja muhurat 17:59–19:45, Thu 31 Oct
Festival · times in EET
When is Diwali 2024 in Sofia?
Thursday 31 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 31 Oct in SofiaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:20–20:04. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:59 to 19:45.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2024 page:
Why is Diwali on Thu 31 Oct in Sofia?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Thu 31 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:20–20:04. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:59 to 19:45.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:20–20:04. Amavasya: 12:23 to 14:47 Fri.
Amavasya ended at 14:47; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Amavasya runs from 12:23 on Thu 31 Oct to 14:47 on Fri 1 Nov, so only Thursday’s pradosha (17:20–20:04) falls within it. Every reading takes that day.
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.