Pradosham Dates 2017

Pradosham / Pradosha is an important day dedicated to God Shiva. Pradosham / Pradosha falls on the 13th day (trayodashi) of every lunar fortnight. On Pradosham 2017 / Pradosha days, devotees of Hindu God Shiva fast from sunrise to sunset and they break the fast after performing the Pradosh pooja. There two pradoshams in ecah hindu lunar month. one in waxing moon period and another in Waning moon period.

When Pradosham / Pradosha day falls on Monday it is called Soma Pradosham, on Tuesday it is called Bhauma Pradosham and on Saturday it is called as Shani Pradosham. The dates of Pradhosham 2017 is given below. These dates may differ by a day according to location and other things.

Pradosham 2017 / Amavasai 2017 / Pournami 2017 / Karthigai 2017 / Ashtami 2017 / Navami 2017 / Sashti 2017 / Sankatahara Chathurthi 2017 / Thiruvonam 2017 / Matha Sivarathiri 2017 / Ekadhasi 2017 / Chathurthi 2017

Year – 2017 Amavasai Pradosham Pournami Karthigai Ashtami Navami Sashti Sankatahara Chathurthi Thiruvonam Matha Sivarathiri Ekadhasi Chathurthi
January

27 Fri


28 Sat

10 Tue


25 Wed

12 Thu

08 Sun

05 Thu


20 Fri

06 Fri


21 Sat

04 Wed

15 Sun

01 Sun

25 Thu

08 Sun


23 Mon

02 Mon

February

26 Sun

08 Wed


24 Fri

10 Fri


11 Sat

04 Sat

04 Sat


18 Sat

05 Sun


19 Sun

02 Thu

14 Tue

24 Fri

24 Fri

07 Tue


22 Wed

14 Tue

March

27 Mon

10 Fri


25 Sat

12 Sat

04 Sat


31 Fri

05 Sun


20 Mon

06 Mon


21 Tue

03 Fri

16 Fri

23 Thu

26 Sun

08 Wed


23 Thu

16 Thu

April

26 Wed

08 Sat


24 Mon

10 Mon

27 Thu

04 Tue


19 Wed

05 Wed


20 Thu

02 Sun

14 Fri

20 Thu

24 Mon

06 Thu


22 Sat

29 Sat

Year – 2017 Amavasai Pradosham Pournami Karthigai Ashtami Navami Sashti Sankatahara Chathurthi Thiruvonam Maadha Sivarathiri Ekadhasi Chathurthi
May

25 Thu

08 Mon


23 Tue

10 Wed

25 Thu

03 Wed


19 Fri

04 Thu


20 Sat

01 Mon


31 Wed

14 Sun

17 Wed

24 Wed

06 Sat


22 Mon

29 Mon

June

23 Fri

06 Tue


21 Wed

09 Fri

21 Wed

01 Thu


17 Sat

02 Fri


18 Sun

29 Thu

13 Tue

13 Tue

22 Thu

05 Mon


20 Tue

27 Tue

July

23 Sun

06 Thu


21 Fri

08 Sat

19 Wed

01 Sat


16 Sun


30 Sun

02 Sun


17 Mon


31 Mon

29 Sat

12 Wed

11 Tue

21 Fri

04 Tue


19 Wed

27 Thu

August

21 Mon

05 Sat


19 Sat

07 Mon

15 Tue

15 Tue


29 Tue

16 Wed


30 Wed

27 Sun

11 Fri

07 Mon

20 Sun

03 Thu


18 Fri

25 Fri

Year – 2017 Amavasai Pradosham Pournami Karthigai Ashtami Navami Sashti Sankatahara Chathurthi Thiruvonam Maadha Sivarathiri Ekadhasi Chathurthi
September

19 Tue

03 Sun


17 Sun

05 Tue

11 Mon

13 Wed


28 Thu

14 Thu


29 Fri

11 Mon


26 Tue

09 Sat

03 Sun

18 Mon

01 Fri


16 Sat

23 Sat

October

19 Thu

03 Tue


17 Tue

05 Thu

09 Mon

12 Thu


27 Fri

13 Fri


28 Sat

25 Wed

08 Sun

01 Sun


28 Sat

18 Wed

01 Sun


15 Sun


31 Tue

23 Mon

November

18 Sat

01 Wed


15 Wed

03 Fri

05 Sun

11 Sat


26 Sun

12 Sun


27 Mon

09 Thu


24 Fri

07 Tue

24 Fri

16 Thu

14 Tue


29 Wed

22 Wed

December

17 Sun

01 Fri


15 Fri


30 Sat

03 Sun

30 Sat

10 Sun


26 Tue

11 Mon


27 Wed

08 Fri


24 Sun

06 Wed

22 Fri

16 Sat

13 Wed


29 Fri

22 Fri

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Importance Of Pradosham 2017 / Pradosha Viratham

Pradosham / Pradosha Viratham is considered very auspicious and is an important Viratham among all Virathams (fasts). It is also said that worshiping lord Shiva on this day washes away all your sins and an individual can get moksham or mukkti after death. Keeping Pradosha viratham or donating two cows helps you reap the same reward. It is believed that a person who performs viratham on Pradosham dates “Shiva will be his”.

Location based Pradosham Days

It is important to understand that fasting day for Pradosham might differ for two cities even if those cities are within same Indian state. Fasting for Pradosham depends on sunset time and it is observed when Trayodashi Tithi prevails after sunset. Hence Pradosham fasting might be observed on Dwadashi Tithi i.e. one day before Trayodashi Tithi. As Sunset time is different for all cities, it is important to refer Hindu calendar like this website which lists location based Pradosham days. As generating location based dates are time consuming most sources ignore this fact and publish single list for all cities.

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