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Tuesday, 21 August 2283

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Siṁha Saṅkrānti

The Sun enters Siṁha

Tuesday, 21 August 2283

The Sun crosses at 4:37 AM, your local time

The Sun enters Siṁha (Leo). In parts of the south it opens a month of special charity and offerings to the family deity.

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 Vrata

Sacred to Śiva

Tuesday, 21 August 2283

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 begins21 Aug, 3:25 AM
Ends22 Aug, 12:03 AM
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 (21 August 2283)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:08 AM77° ENE
Sunset6:38 PM283° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:35 AM63° ENE
Moonset4:59 PM296° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

3:30 PM – 5:04 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:15 AM – 10:49 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:59 AM – 12:47 PM

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

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