Mithuna Saṅkrānti

The Sun enters Mithuna

Thursday, 15 June 2023

The Sun crosses at 6:16 PM, your local time

The Sun enters Mithuna (Gemini). In Odisha it is kept as Raja Saṅkrānti, honouring the earth.

What is done, A day for a bath in sacred water and dāna (charity) during the puṇya kāla, the auspicious window around the transit.

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VrataFasting day

Pradoṣa

Sacred to Śiva

Thursday, 15 June 2023

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 begins15 Jun, 8:32 AM

Ends16 Jun, 8:40 AM

ObservancePradoṣa-kāla, the hour around dusk

The waning Trayodaśī twilight sacred to Śiva. Worship is offered in the pradoṣa-kāla around sunset, when Śiva is said to dance between the horns of the evening.

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.

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Today's Sky (15 June 2023)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise5:53 AM66° ENE

Sunset6:46 PM294° WNW

Candra · Moon

Moonrise3:20 AM72° ENE

Moonset4:21 PM290° WNW

Rāhu Kāla

1:56 PM – 3:33 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

5:53 AM – 7:29 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

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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