Karka Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Karka
Sunday, 12 July 1772
The Sun crosses at 9:53 PM, your local time
The Sun reaches its northern limit and turns south: Dakṣiṇāyana begins, the half-year held to be the "night of the gods." It is the counterpart of Makara Saṅkrānti and the start of the monsoon-season reckoning.
What is done, Kept with charity and the remembrance of ancestors (tarpaṇa); a turning-point for vows and the cāturmāsya season.
Pradoṣa Vrata
Sacred to Śiva
Sunday, 12 July 1772
From the pañchāṅga
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, his most auspicious window. It takes a special name from its weekday (Soma, Bhauma, Śani Pradoṣa).
Breaking the fast, Broken after the pradoṣa-kāla (sunset) worship.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
5:37 PM – 7:13 PM
12:48 PM – 2:24 PM
12:24 PM – 1:12 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
Found an error?
ekadasi.day has no ads and no popups. If a date, name, or story reads wrong, please write, accuracy matters more than reach.
mrvi@post.com →·Other ways to help