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Mīna Saṅkrānti

The Sun enters Mīna

Sunday, 18 March 2277

The Sun crosses at 9:44 AM, your local time

The Sun enters Mīna (Pisces), the last sign, the solar year drawing toward its close before it begins again at Meṣa.

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

Sunday, 18 March 2277

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 Mar, 3:35 AM
Ends19 Mar, 12:58 AM
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 March 2277)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:24 AM91° E
Sunset6:30 PM269° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise4:28 PM79° E
Moonset4:22 AM283° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

4:59 PM – 6:30 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

12:27 PM – 1:58 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:03 PM – 12:51 PM

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

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