Pradoṣa Vrata

Sacred to Śiva

Sunday, 3 December 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 begins2 Dec, 6:08 PM

Ends3 Dec, 8:39 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 (3 December 1972)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:26 AM112° ESE

Sunset5:51 PM247° WSW

Candra · Moon

Moonrise4:12 AM110° ESE

Moonset3:55 PM249° WSW

Rāhu Kāla

4:26 PM – 5:51 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

12:09 PM – 1:35 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:45 AM – 12:33 PM

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

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