[Advaita-l] Pradosham around Sunset time

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

pra+dosham means thick darkness. I am not aware of the meaning 'removal'
for the upasarga 'pra'.

regards,
Sarma.


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:35 AM, S Jayanarayanan <sjayana at yahoo.com> wrote:

> What precise time duration or interval constitutes "Pradosham" with
> regards to sunset? Here are various websites giving quite different answers:
>
>
> http://hindusphere.com/pradosham-2013-dates/
>
> "Pradosh kaal is the time period of 2 hours 24 minutes after the sunset."
>
> http://www.agasthiar.org/AUMzine/0001-timing1.htm
> "Nitya Pradosham is one and a half hours before dusk and half an hour
> thereafter. Assuming a 6 p.m. sunset, Nithya Pradosham would be between
> 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. everyday."
>
> http://www.astrologypredict.com/special-category.php?page=Removal+of+Bad+Karma
> "All Pradoshams occur between 1-1/2 hours before and right up until the
> moment of sunset in the time zone where you are living physically."
> http://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/pradoshdates.html
> "19 December (Friday) Pradosh Vrat (K) 16:47 to 19:42" (i.e.  ~ 3 hours!)
>
> http://voices.yahoo.com/pradosham-important-saivite-worship-ritual-observed-7552206.html
> "To be precise Pradosham is the specific time period of 48 minutes (24
> minutes before sunset and 24 minutes after sun set) that occurs every day
> (Nithya Pradosham)."
> http://angelray8.blogspot.com/2012/09/all-about-pradosham.html
>
> "Pradosham literally means the removal of sins ( Pra - Removal , Dosham -
> Sin) is one of the most important  prayer  performed to Lord Shiva. It
> comes every Thiriyodasi tithi' (thirteenth lunar (moon) day of the waxing
> as well as waning moon phases) in all Shiva temples about 48 minutes during
> sun set, moon day and prayers period would be between 4.30 p.m till 6.30
> p.m (‘a period just before sunset and after sunset’.)"
>
>
> http://samtnewsletter.blogspot.com/2013/08/different-types-of-pradosham-and.html
>
> "The daily time before 90 minutes of sunset is called as nithya pradosham."
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