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Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti

The Sun enters Vṛṣabha

Monday, 18 May 2274

The Sun crosses at 7:50 PM, your local time

The Sun enters Vṛṣabha (Taurus), opening the second solar month.

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

Monday, 18 May 2274

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

Śukla Trayodaśī begins18 May, 2:26 PM
Ends19 May, 3:44 PM
ObservancePradoṣa-kāla, the hour around dusk

The Trayodaśī twilight sacred to Śiva. The hour and a half around sunset, the pradoṣa-kāla, is kept for his worship; the fast is broken after.

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.

Today's Sky (18 May 2274)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise5:53 AM70° ENE
Sunset6:39 PM290° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise4:05 PM100° E
Moonset3:24 AM262° W
Rāhu Kāla

7:29 AM – 9:05 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

10:40 AM – 12:16 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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