Pradosh vrat 2026
next: Shukra Pradosh vrat, Friday, 6 November
Pradosh vrat is kept for Shiva on Trayodashi, the thirteenth tithi, twice a month.
- Trayodashi begins
- 6 Nov, 10:31 AM
- Trayodashi ends
- 7 Nov, 10:48 AM
- Puja (pradosh kaal)
- 5:33 PM to 8:10 PM
- Trayodashi begins
- 22 Nov, 4:57 AM
- Trayodashi ends
- 23 Nov, 2:37 AM
- Puja (pradosh kaal)
- 5:25 PM to 8:06 PM
For New Delhi, in IST. A tithi begins and ends at the same moment everywhere; the day a vrat falls on, and its hours, are New Delhi’s and can differ by a day abroad.
Pradosh vrat dates
to January 2028, with the tithi’s times
What Pradosh vrat is
Its puja is in pradosh kaal, the hour or two after sunset, when Shiva is said to dance in Kailash. A Pradosh takes the name of its weekday: Som Pradosh on a Monday, Bhaum Pradosh on a Tuesday, Shani Pradosh on a Saturday, and so on, and tradition gives each its own wish: Som for Shiva’s grace, Bhaum for health and relief from debt, Shani for children.
How the date is decided
Pradosh is kept on the evening whose pradosh kaal holds more of Trayodashi. Pradosh kaal here is the standard panchang window: from sunset to the end of the first fifth of the night, about two to two and a half hours. When Trayodashi touches neither evening, it is the day it holds at sunrise. The puja time given for each date is the part of pradosh kaal in which Trayodashi runs.
Vrat vidhi
- Keep the fast through the day on fruit and milk, or with one meal.
- Bathe again before sunset and wear clean clothes, white if you have them.
- In pradosh kaal, do abhishek of the Shivling with water, milk, curd, honey and ghee, and offer bel patra, dhatura and white flowers.
- Chant “Om Namah Shivaya”, read the Pradosh katha of the weekday, do the aarti, and then break the fast.
What to eat
- Fruit, milk, curd and makhana through the day
- A sattvik meal after the evening puja
What to avoid
- Meat, eggs, alcohol and tobacco
- Onion and garlic
Common questions
5 questionsWhen is the next Pradosh vrat?
Shukra Pradosh vrat, on Friday, 6 November 2026, in New Delhi. The Trayodashi runs from 6 Nov, 10:31 AM to 7 Nov, 10:48 AM. Puja (pradosh kaal): 5:33 PM to 8:10 PM.
When is Pradosh vrat in November 2026?
In New Delhi, Shukra Pradosh vrat on Friday, 6 November and Ravi Pradosh vrat on Sunday, 22 November.
When is Pradosh vrat in December 2026?
In New Delhi, Ravi Pradosh vrat on Sunday, 6 December and Som Pradosh vrat on Monday, 21 December.
What is the Pradosh puja time?
Pradosh kaal, from sunset for about two hours, while Trayodashi lasts. Each date on this page gives the window for New Delhi; it moves with sunset in your city.
What if Ekadashi and Pradosh fall on consecutive days?
It happens often. Many keep both: on Dwadashi they do a symbolic parana with water and continue into the Pradosh fast, breaking it after the evening puja.
A vrat is the same day for everybody. Your chart is not.
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