Siṁha Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Siṁha
Sunday, 21 August 2287
The Sun crosses at 5:07 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.
Pradoṣa
Sacred to Śiva
Sunday, 21 August 2287
From the pañchāṅga
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.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
5:04 PM – 6:38 PM
12:23 PM – 1:56 PM
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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