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VrataFasting day

Pradoṣa

Sacred to Śiva

Friday, 8 May 1778

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

Śukla Trayodaśī begins8 May, 11:59 AM
Ends9 May, 1:38 PM
ObservancePradoṣa-kāla, the hour around dusk

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.

Today's Sky (8 May 1778)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:19 AM72° ENE
Sunset6:59 PM288° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise4:38 PM91° E
Moonset4:17 AM272° W
Rāhu Kāla

11:04 AM – 12:39 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:49 PM – 5:24 PM

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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