Kumbha Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Kumbha
Monday, 9 February 1778
The Sun crosses at 1:51 PM, your local time
The Sun enters Kumbha (Aquarius), opening the Kumbha month, a time of bathing-pilgrimage; the Māgha Melā falls in this period.
What is done, A day for a bath in sacred water and dāna (charity) during the puṇya kāla, the auspicious window around the transit.
Pradoṣa
Sacred to Śiva
Monday, 9 February 1778
From the pañchāṅga
The Trayodaśī twilight sacred to Śiva. The hour and a half around sunset, the pradoṣa-kāla, is kept for his worship; the fast is broken after.
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
8:35 AM – 10:02 AM
11:30 AM – 12:57 PM
12:33 PM – 1:21 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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