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Tuesday, 5 April 2016

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VrataFasting day

Pradoṣa Vrata

Sacred to Śiva

Tuesday, 5 April 2016

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 begins5 Apr, 3:07 AM
Ends6 Apr, 12:04 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.

Today's Sky (5 April 2016)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:12 AM83° E
Sunset6:31 PM277° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise4:17 AM97° E
Moonset4:32 PM265° W
Rāhu Kāla

3:27 PM – 4:59 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:17 AM – 10:50 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:58 AM – 12:46 PM

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

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