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Kumbha Saṅkrānti

The Sun enters Kumbha

Monday, 17 February 2296

The Sun crosses at 9:58 AM, your local time

The Sun enters Kumbha (Aquarius), opening the Kumbha month, a time of bathing-pilgrimage; the Māgha Melā falls in this period.

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 Vrata

Sacred to Śiva

Monday, 17 February 2296

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 Feb, 12:46 AM
Ends18 Feb, 2:01 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.

Today's Sky (17 February 2296)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:40 AM102° ESE
Sunset6:25 PM258° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise4:19 PM73° ENE
Moonset4:28 AM288° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

8:08 AM – 9:37 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

11:05 AM – 12:33 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:09 PM – 12:57 PM

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

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