Pradoṣa Vrata

Sacred to Śiva

Thursday, 1 December 2298

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.

Auspicious Pūjā Muhūrta

5:50 PM – 8:14 PM

Pradoṣa Twilight Window•2h 24m

Fast through the daytime. Worship Lord Śiva during this sacred twilight window with Bilva leaves, water/milk abhiṣeka, and lighting lamps, then break the fast with sāttvika prasāda.

From the pañchāṅga

Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī begins1 Dec, 12:45 PM

Ends2 Dec, 2:27 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.

Pradoṣa Vrata Observance & Details→Share Timings

Today's Sky (1 December 2298)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc

Sunrise6:25 AM112° ESE

Sunset5:50 PM248° WSW

Candra · Moon

Moonrise3:39 AM96° E

Moonset3:45 PM261° W

Rāhu Kāla

1:33 PM – 2:59 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:25 AM – 7:50 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:44 AM – 12:32 PM

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

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