Pradoṣa Vrata

Sacred to Śiva

Wednesday, 3 May 1769

Lord Śiva dancing the cosmic Sandhyā Tāṇḍava at twilight on Mount Kailāsa worshipped by devas and sages — Pradoṣa Kāla: Lord Śiva performs the sacred Sandhyā Tāṇḍava at twilight on Trayodaśī, bestowing divine grace and dispelling all sins.

From the pañchāṅga

Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī begins3 May, 5:11 PM

Ends4 May, 2:05 PM

ObservancePradoṣa-kāla, the hour around dusk

Pradosh Vrat: the Trayodaśī fast sacred to Śiva, kept at the pradoṣa-kāla around sunset, twice each lunar month. Dates, timings, and how it is observed, computed for your location.

How to keep the fast

A fast is kept through the day; Śiva is worshipped in the pradoṣa-kāla, the hour and a half around sunset, when he is said to dance between the horns of the evening.

Breaking the fast, Broken after the pradoṣa-kāla (sunset) worship.

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Today's Sky (3 May 1769)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:21 AM74° ENE

Sunset6:58 PM286° WNW

Candra · Moon

Moonrise3:43 AM86° E

Moonset4:19 PM277° W

Rāhu Kāla

12:39 PM – 2:14 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

7:55 AM – 9:30 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:15 PM – 1:03 PM

Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.

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