Pradoṣa Vrata

Sacred to Śiva

Friday, 9 June 1972

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 begins9 Jun, 3:22 AM

Ends9 Jun, 11:53 PM

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.

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Today's Sky (9 June 1972)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise5:52 AM66° ENE

Sunset6:45 PM294° WNW

Candra · Moon

Moonrise3:23 AM69° ENE

Moonset4:35 PM293° WNW

Rāhu Kāla

10:42 AM – 12:18 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:31 PM – 5:08 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:54 AM – 12:42 PM

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

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