Meṣa Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Meṣa
Thursday, 14 April 2022
The Sun crosses at 8:41 AM, your local time
The Sun enters Meṣa (Aries), the first sign of the zodiac, and the solar year begins again. Across the south and east this is the solar New Year, Viṣu in Kerala, Puthāṇḍu in Tamil Nadu, Vaiśākhī in the Punjab, Poila Boishakh in Bengal, Bohag Bihu in Assam, one transit kept under many names.
What is done, In Kerala the first thing seen on waking is the Viṣukkaṇi, an arrangement of auspicious things laid out the night before; elsewhere the day is kept with bathing, charity, and the new-year feast.
Pradoṣa Vrata
Sacred to Śiva
Thursday, 14 April 2022
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, 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
1:53 PM – 3:26 PM
6:07 AM – 7:40 AM
11:56 AM – 12:44 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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