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Pradosh Vrat 2026: all 25 dates and pradosh kaal

There are 25 Pradosh vrats in 2026 for Jaipur. The next is Guru Pradosh on Thursday, 8 October 2026; pradosh puja 18:06 to 20:30.

  • Computed from the Moon and the Sun for Jaipur at the moment you loaded this page — not copied from a printed calendar.
  • Each tithi's own start and end is shown, so you can check the day yourself.

Pradosh Vrat 2026 list: every date

DateNamePakshaHindu month (purnimanta)Tithi beginsTithi endsPradosh puja windowNote
Thursday, 1 January 2026Guru PradoshShuklaPausha1 Jan, 01:481 Jan, 22:231 Jan, 17:45 → 20:09—
Friday, 16 January 2026Shukra PradoshKrishnaMagha · amanta Pausha15 Jan, 20:1716 Jan, 22:2216 Jan, 17:56 → 20:20—
Friday, 30 January 2026Shukra PradoshShuklaMagha30 Jan, 11:1031 Jan, 08:2630 Jan, 18:07 → 20:31—
Saturday, 14 February 2026Shani PradoshKrishnaPhalguna · amanta Magha14 Feb, 16:0215 Feb, 17:0514 Feb, 18:18 → 20:42—
Saturday, 28 February 2026Shani PradoshShuklaPhalguna28 Feb, 20:441 Mar, 19:1028 Feb, 20:44 → 20:51Trayodashi misses the pradosh midpoint on both evenings; kept on the evening it begins
Monday, 16 March 2026Som PradoshKrishnaChaitra · amanta Phalguna16 Mar, 09:4117 Mar, 09:2316 Mar, 18:36 → 21:00—
Monday, 30 March 2026Som PradoshShuklaChaitra30 Mar, 07:1031 Mar, 06:5630 Mar, 18:43 → 21:07—
Wednesday, 15 April 2026Budh PradoshKrishnaVaishakha · amanta Chaitra15 Apr, 00:1215 Apr, 22:3115 Apr, 18:51 → 21:15—
Tuesday, 28 April 2026Bhaum PradoshShuklaVaishakha28 Apr, 18:5229 Apr, 19:5228 Apr, 18:58 → 21:22—
Thursday, 14 May 2026Guru PradoshKrishnaJyeshtha · amanta Vaishakha14 May, 11:2115 May, 08:3214 May, 19:07 → 21:31—
Thursday, 28 May 2026Guru PradoshShuklaAdhika Jyeshtha28 May, 07:5729 May, 09:5128 May, 19:14 → 21:38adhika (extra) month
Friday, 12 June 2026Shukra PradoshKrishnaAdhika Jyeshtha12 Jun, 19:3713 Jun, 16:0812 Jun, 19:37 → 21:45adhika (extra) month
Saturday, 27 June 2026Shani PradoshShuklaJyeshtha26 Jun, 22:2328 Jun, 00:4427 Jun, 19:24 → 21:48—
Sunday, 12 July 2026Ravi PradoshKrishnaAshadha · amanta Jyeshtha12 Jul, 02:0412 Jul, 22:3012 Jul, 19:23 → 21:47—
Sunday, 26 July 2026Ravi PradoshShuklaAshadha26 Jul, 13:5827 Jul, 16:1526 Jul, 19:18 → 21:42—
Monday, 10 August 2026Som PradoshKrishnaShravana · amanta Ashadha10 Aug, 08:0111 Aug, 04:5510 Aug, 19:08 → 21:32—
Tuesday, 25 August 2026Bhaum PradoshShuklaShravana25 Aug, 06:2126 Aug, 08:0025 Aug, 18:54 → 21:18—
Tuesday, 8 September 2026Bhaum PradoshKrishnaBhadrapada · amanta Shravana8 Sep, 14:439 Sep, 12:318 Sep, 18:39 → 21:03—
Thursday, 24 September 2026Guru PradoshShuklaBhadrapada23 Sep, 22:5124 Sep, 23:1824 Sep, 18:21 → 20:45—
Thursday, 8 October 2026Guru PradoshKrishnaAshwin · amanta Bhadrapada7 Oct, 23:178 Oct, 22:168 Oct, 18:06 → 20:30—
Friday, 23 October 2026Shukra PradoshShuklaAshwin23 Oct, 14:3624 Oct, 13:3723 Oct, 17:51 → 20:15—
Friday, 6 November 2026Shukra PradoshKrishnaKartika · amanta Ashwin6 Nov, 10:317 Nov, 10:486 Nov, 17:40 → 20:04—
Sunday, 22 November 2026Ravi PradoshShuklaKartika22 Nov, 04:5723 Nov, 02:3822 Nov, 17:34 → 19:58—
Sunday, 6 December 2026Ravi PradoshKrishnaMargashirsha · amanta Kartika6 Dec, 00:527 Dec, 02:226 Dec, 17:33 → 19:57—
Monday, 21 December 2026Som PradoshShuklaMargashirsha21 Dec, 17:3622 Dec, 14:2421 Dec, 17:38 → 20:02—

Times are local to Jaipur. The Note column says when the usual rule did not settle the day on its own — a tithi that met its deciding moment on two days, or on none — and which day this page took.

Som, Bhaum and Shani Pradosh in 2026

  • Som Pradosh — Monday, 16 March 2026; Monday, 30 March 2026; Monday, 10 August 2026; Monday, 21 December 2026
  • Bhaum Pradosh — Tuesday, 28 April 2026; Tuesday, 25 August 2026; Tuesday, 8 September 2026
  • Shani Pradosh — Saturday, 14 February 2026; Saturday, 28 February 2026; Saturday, 27 June 2026

Pradosh Vrat in January 2026

  • Thursday, 1 January 2026 — Guru Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Pausha; pradosh puja 17:45 to 20:09
  • Friday, 16 January 2026 — Shukra Pradosh, Krishna paksha, Magha · amanta Pausha; pradosh puja 17:56 to 20:20
  • Friday, 30 January 2026 — Shukra Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Magha; pradosh puja 18:07 to 20:31

Pradosh Vrat in February 2026

  • Saturday, 14 February 2026 — Shani Pradosh, Krishna paksha, Phalguna · amanta Magha; pradosh puja 18:18 to 20:42
  • Saturday, 28 February 2026 — Shani Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Phalguna; pradosh puja 20:44 to 20:51 — Trayodashi misses the pradosh midpoint on both evenings; kept on the evening it begins

Pradosh Vrat in March 2026

  • Monday, 16 March 2026 — Som Pradosh, Krishna paksha, Chaitra · amanta Phalguna; pradosh puja 18:36 to 21:00
  • Monday, 30 March 2026 — Som Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Chaitra; pradosh puja 18:43 to 21:07

Pradosh Vrat in April 2026

  • Wednesday, 15 April 2026 — Budh Pradosh, Krishna paksha, Vaishakha · amanta Chaitra; pradosh puja 18:51 to 21:15
  • Tuesday, 28 April 2026 — Bhaum Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Vaishakha; pradosh puja 18:58 to 21:22

Pradosh Vrat in May 2026

  • Thursday, 14 May 2026 — Guru Pradosh, Krishna paksha, Jyeshtha · amanta Vaishakha; pradosh puja 19:07 to 21:31
  • Thursday, 28 May 2026 — Guru Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Adhika Jyeshtha; pradosh puja 19:14 to 21:38 — adhika (extra) month

Pradosh Vrat in June 2026

  • Friday, 12 June 2026 — Shukra Pradosh, Krishna paksha, Adhika Jyeshtha; pradosh puja 19:37 to 21:45 — adhika (extra) month
  • Saturday, 27 June 2026 — Shani Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Jyeshtha; pradosh puja 19:24 to 21:48

Pradosh Vrat in July 2026

  • Sunday, 12 July 2026 — Ravi Pradosh, Krishna paksha, Ashadha · amanta Jyeshtha; pradosh puja 19:23 to 21:47
  • Sunday, 26 July 2026 — Ravi Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Ashadha; pradosh puja 19:18 to 21:42

Pradosh Vrat in August 2026

  • Monday, 10 August 2026 — Som Pradosh, Krishna paksha, Shravana · amanta Ashadha; pradosh puja 19:08 to 21:32
  • Tuesday, 25 August 2026 — Bhaum Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Shravana; pradosh puja 18:54 to 21:18

Pradosh Vrat in September 2026

  • Tuesday, 8 September 2026 — Bhaum Pradosh, Krishna paksha, Bhadrapada · amanta Shravana; pradosh puja 18:39 to 21:03
  • Thursday, 24 September 2026 — Guru Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Bhadrapada; pradosh puja 18:21 to 20:45

Pradosh Vrat in October 2026

  • Thursday, 8 October 2026 — Guru Pradosh, Krishna paksha, Ashwin · amanta Bhadrapada; pradosh puja 18:06 to 20:30
  • Friday, 23 October 2026 — Shukra Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Ashwin; pradosh puja 17:51 to 20:15

Pradosh Vrat in November 2026

  • Friday, 6 November 2026 — Shukra Pradosh, Krishna paksha, Kartika · amanta Ashwin; pradosh puja 17:40 to 20:04
  • Sunday, 22 November 2026 — Ravi Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Kartika; pradosh puja 17:34 to 19:58

Pradosh Vrat in December 2026

  • Sunday, 6 December 2026 — Ravi Pradosh, Krishna paksha, Margashirsha · amanta Kartika; pradosh puja 17:33 to 19:57
  • Monday, 21 December 2026 — Som Pradosh, Shukla paksha, Margashirsha; pradosh puja 17:38 to 20:02

How the Pradosh Vrat date is decided

Pradosh vrat is kept on Trayodashi, the thirteenth tithi, in both pakshas — but it is decided in the evening, not at sunrise. Pradosh kaal is the twilight after sunset; this page takes it as three muhurtas (2 hours 24 minutes) from sunset and asks whether Trayodashi is running at its midpoint. That is why a Pradosh often falls the day before Trayodashi reaches sunrise. When Trayodashi is running in pradosh on two evenings, the vrat is listed on the second, when it is in force from sunset; when it misses the midpoint on both, the vrat is kept on the evening it begins. Each Pradosh is named by its weekday; Som (Monday), Bhaum (Tuesday) and Shani (Saturday) Pradosh are the ones most often kept for their own sake. The puja window shown is pradosh kaal cut to the part in which Trayodashi actually runs, so it can be shorter than 2 hours 24 minutes.

Pradosh Vrat 2026 in other cities

The moment that decides the day — sunrise, the evening pradosh or moonrise — differs across India by well over an hour, so the day itself, not only the clock times, can differ between two cities on this list.

This table is recomputed for the city you pick. Those links are variants of this page: each carries a canonical back to the address above and asks search engines not to index it.

Pradosh Vrat 2026: common questions

When is Pradosh Vrat in 2026?

There are 25 in 2026 for Jaipur, all in the table above. The next: Thursday, 8 October 2026 — Guru Pradosh; pradosh puja 18:06 to 20:30.

How many Pradosh vrats are there in 2026?

25 — 13 in Shukla paksha and 12 in Krishna paksha. The count moves between years because twelve lunations fall about eleven days short of a solar year, and a year with an adhika month adds two more.

When is Som Pradosh 2026?

Monday, 16 March 2026; Monday, 30 March 2026; Monday, 10 August 2026; Monday, 21 December 2026.

When is Shani Pradosh 2026?

Saturday, 14 February 2026; Saturday, 28 February 2026; Saturday, 27 June 2026.

What is pradosh kaal?

The twilight after sunset, taken here as three muhurtas (2 hours 24 minutes) from sunset. The vrat falls on the evening Trayodashi is running at its midpoint, and the puja window is the part of it in which Trayodashi actually runs.

Why is Pradosh often the day before Trayodashi?

Because Pradosh is decided in the evening, not at sunrise. Trayodashi often begins in the afternoon or evening, so it is running in that evening's pradosh while a sunrise panchang names the next day Trayodashi.

Is Pradosh Vrat on the same day everywhere in India?

Not always. The day is decided at sunrise, sunset or moonrise, and all three move with the city, so Jaipur and a city far to the west or east can disagree about the day itself. Switch city above and the whole table is recomputed.