Tulā Saṅkrānti

The Sun enters Tulā

Friday, 17 October 1975

The Sun crosses at 6:10 PM, your local time

The Sun enters Tulā (Libra), where day and night stand in balance. Kept as Tulā Saṅkrānti, and as Kati Bihu in Assam, a quieter festival of lamps in the fields and prayers for the ripening crop.

What is done, A bath in sacred water, the Tulā-snāna in the Kāverī is especially honoured, and charity.

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VrataFasting day

Pradoṣa Vrata

Sacred to Śiva

Friday, 17 October 1975

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 begins17 Oct, 3:19 AM

Ends18 Oct, 5:50 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, 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.

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Today's Sky (17 October 1975)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:09 AM99° E

Sunset6:00 PM261° W

Candra · Moon

Moonrise4:05 PM89° E

Moonset3:44 AM269° W

Rāhu Kāla

10:36 AM – 12:05 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:02 PM – 4:31 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:41 AM – 12:29 PM

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

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