Diwali 2025 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Lakshmi Puja muhurat 19:43–21:14, Mon 20 Oct
Festival · times in EEST
When is Diwali 2025 in Sofia?
Monday 20 October
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 20 Oct in SofiaDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:36–21:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:43 to 21:14.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2025 page:
Why is Diwali on Mon 20 Oct in Sofia?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Mon 20 Oct: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:36–21:14. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 19:43 to 21:14.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 18:36–21:14. Amavasya: 13:15 to 15:25 Tue.
Amavasya ended at 15:25; pradosha is Pratipada.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). 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 13:15 on Mon 20 Oct to 15:25 on Tue 21 Oct, so only Monday’s pradosha (18:36–21:14) 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.