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Mithuna Saṅkrānti

The Sun enters Mithuna

Monday, 11 June 1764

The Sun crosses at 9:42 AM, 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

Monday, 11 June 1764

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 begins11 Jun, 4:11 PM
Ends12 Jun, 12:49 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 (11 June 1764)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:15 AM66° ENE
Sunset7:08 PM294° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise4:27 PM110° ESE
Moonset3:22 AM253° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

7:52 AM – 9:28 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

11:05 AM – 12:42 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:18 PM – 1:06 PM

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

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