Karwa Chauth 2016 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Moonrise 20:41, Tue 18 Oct

Festival · times in EEST

When is Karwa Chauth 2016 in Sofia?

Tuesday 18 October

Kartika Krishna Chaturthi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Chaturthi (amanta)

Smarta · Vaishnava

Full panchang for Tue 18 Oct in Sofia

Karwa Chauth moonrise in Sofia: what time?

Moonrise in Sofia

20:41

Tuesday 18 October · EEST

The fast ends when the moon is seen.

Moonrise is the Moon’s upper edge on a level horizon; hills, buildings or haze can hide it for longer.

Karwa Chauth timings: sargi, fast, puja, moonrise

Tuesday 18 October
05:59–07:43SargiBrahma Muhurta to sunrise · Tithika’s convention
07:43–20:41Fastsunrise to moonrise · Tithika’s convention
18:39–20:41Karwa Chauth puja muhuratfrom sunset, in pradosha, before moonrise · Tithika’s convention
20:41Moonrisethe fast ends

Open in TithikaSee Karwa Chauth's date in each of your places, side by side.

Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules

The same for every city, on the Karwa Chauth 2016 page:

Why is Karwa Chauth on Tue 18 Oct in Sofia?

Karwa Chauth is on Tue 18 Oct: Chaturthi holds moonrise that night.

Chaturthi at moonrise, 20:41. Chaturthi: 20:17 to 17:02 Wed.

Chaturthi ended at 17:02; moonrise at 21:31 is Panchami.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). Band: the tithi. Line: Moonrise. Dark strip: night.

The Karwa Chauth fast is broken at moonrise. Chaturthi runs from 20:17 on Tue 18 Oct to 17:02 on Wed 19 Oct, so it holds moonrise only on Tue 18 Oct, at 20:41.

The rule

Kartika Krishna Chaturthi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Chaturthi (amanta)

The Karwa Chauth fast is broken at moonrise.

Smarta: the night whose moonrise Chaturthi holds; when it touches both, the earlier; when neither, the later (Dharmasindhu).
Vaishnava: the Smarta day.