Pradoṣa Vrata

Sacred to Śiva

Saturday, 1 July 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 begins1 Jul, 7:35 AM

Ends2 Jul, 4:15 AM

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 (1 July 1769)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:19 AM66° ENE

Sunset7:12 PM294° WNW

Candra · Moon

Moonrise3:38 AM67° ENE

Moonset4:54 PM294° WNW

Rāhu Kāla

9:33 AM – 11:09 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

2:22 PM – 3:59 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:22 PM – 1:10 PM

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

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