Pradosh vrat Vratam The Trayodashi evening of each fortnight, kept for Shiva.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Pradosh vrat
- हिन्दी
- प्रदोष व्रत
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
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The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
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This day does not fall again in the next three years at this place. A few days are tied to the solar month rather than to the civil year, so a year can hold two of them or none.
What the day is
The Trayodashi evening of each fortnight, kept for Shiva. The vrat is named for the weekday it falls on: Soma Pradosh on Monday is for a wish, Bhauma Pradosh on Tuesday for health, and Shani Pradosh on Saturday for a son and for relief from Shani. The Shiva Purana story of the churning of the ocean is read at the evening puja.
- Deity
- Shiva, Nandi
- Kind
- Vratam Days kept by a fast or a vow, most of them coming round every lunar month.
The hour
The rule in words
Pradosh kaal, the hour and a half either side of sunset; the Trayodashi running at sunset fixes the day.
The fast
A fast from sunrise, broken after the evening puja. Bel patra, water, milk and bhang are offered on the lingam.
Where the regions differ
The same day as the southern Pradosham. Traditions vary on whether the fast is broken the same night or the next morning.
Fixing a day for it
The muhurtham rules that go with this festival
A temple visit, or the first darshan at a new temple. No weekday is ruled out: Tuesday belongs to Murugan and the Amman, Saturday to Perumal and Sani, so the day usually follows the deity rather than the almanac. Ashtami and Chaturdasi are the two tithis held back for darshan, with the standing exceptions of Sivaratri on Krishna Chaturdasi and Kala Bhairava Ashtami, which are kept on those very days. Rahu kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika kaal are not scored here; the panchangam page prints them for the day you pick, and most families simply wait them out.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.