Kanyā Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Kanyā
Sunday, 17 September 2017
The Sun crosses at 12:40 AM, your local time
The Sun enters Kanyā (Virgo). Kept in some regions as Viśvakarmā Pūjā, honouring the craftsman of the gods.
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 Vrata
Sacred to Śiva
Sunday, 17 September 2017
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, when he is said to dance between the horns of the evening.
Breaking the fast, Broken after the pradoṣa-kāla (sunset) worship.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
4:48 PM – 6:19 PM
12:14 PM – 1:45 PM
11:50 AM – 12:38 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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