Pradoṣa Vrata

Sacred to Śiva

Friday, 30 December 1774

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 begins30 Dec, 4:50 PM

Ends31 Dec, 1:36 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 (30 December 1774)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise7:04 AM114° ESE

Sunset6:27 PM246° WSW

Candra · Moon

Moonrise3:59 AM105° ESE

Moonset3:57 PM254° WSW

Rāhu Kāla

11:20 AM – 12:46 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:36 PM – 5:02 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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