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VrataFasting day

Pradoṣa Vrata

Sacred to Śiva

Friday, 27 May 2022

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 begins27 May, 11:48 AM
Ends28 May, 1:10 PM
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 (27 May 2022)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise5:52 AM68° ENE
Sunset6:41 PM292° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:33 AM82° E
Moonset4:12 PM281° W
Rāhu Kāla

10:40 AM – 12:16 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:29 PM – 5:05 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:52 AM – 12:40 PM

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

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