FridayShukla Paksha
Shukra Pradosh Vratशुक्र प्रदोष व्रत
23 October 2026
- Tithi begins
- 23 Oct, 2:36 PM
- Tithi ends
- 24 Oct, 1:37 PM
- Tithi length
- 23 hours
- Lunar month
- Ashwin Shukla
- Sunrise
- 6:28 AM
- Sunset
- 5:44 PM
- Pradosh kaal
- 4:59 PM – 6:32 PM
When is the next Pradosh Vrat?
प्रदोष व्रत · the 13th tithi of each paksha, read at dusk · computed for New Delhi with the Swiss Ephemeris
Next Pradosh Vrat
23 October 2026
Friday · Shukra Pradosh Vrat
11 days from today. The tithi runs 23 Oct, 2:36 PM to 24 Oct, 1:37 PM.
Why this date is computed and not looked up
A tithi is not a day
Across the twelve months around this one, Pradosh Vrat ran as short as 20.4 hours on 12 July 2026 and as long as 26.7 hours on 3 February 2027. That is a spread of 6.3 hours, and it is why the date has to be solved from the Moon's position rather than counted off a calendar.
25 in the surrounding year
Pradosh Vrat falls twice a month, which comes to 25 occurrences in the twelve months around this one. The count is not fixed: a lunar year is about eleven days shorter than a solar one, so an adhika month is inserted every few years and that year carries one extra.
Every Pradosh Vrat from here
The next 15, with the tithi boundaries each one turns on.
| Date | Day | Name | Tithi begins | Tithi ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 October 2026 | Friday | Shukra Pradosh Vrat | 23 Oct, 2:36 PM | 24 Oct, 1:37 PM |
| 6 November 2026 | Friday | Shukra Pradosh Vrat | 6 Nov, 10:31 AM | 7 Nov, 10:48 AM |
| 22 November 2026 | Sunday | Ravi Pradosh Vrat | 22 Nov, 4:57 AM | 23 Nov, 2:38 AM |
| 6 December 2026 | Sunday | Ravi Pradosh Vrat | 6 Dec, 12:53 AM | 7 Dec, 2:23 AM |
| 21 December 2026 | Monday | Soma Pradosh Vrat | 21 Dec, 5:37 PM | 22 Dec, 2:24 PM |
| 4 January 2027 | Monday | Soma Pradosh Vrat | 4 Jan, 6:16 PM | 5 Jan, 8:40 PM |
| 20 January 2027 | Wednesday | Budha Pradosh Vrat | 20 Jan, 4:42 AM | 21 Jan, 1:12 AM |
| 3 February 2027 | Wednesday | Budha Pradosh Vrat | 3 Feb, 1:51 PM | 4 Feb, 4:32 PM |
| 18 February 2027 | Thursday | Guru Pradosh Vrat | 18 Feb, 2:28 PM | 19 Feb, 11:15 AM |
| 5 March 2027 | Friday | Shukra Pradosh Vrat | 5 Mar, 9:54 AM | 6 Mar, 12:04 PM |
| 20 March 2027 | Saturday | Shani Pradosh Vrat | 19 Mar, 11:18 PM | 20 Mar, 8:46 PM |
| 4 April 2027 | Sunday | Ravi Pradosh Vrat | 4 Apr, 4:27 AM | 5 Apr, 5:24 AM |
| 18 April 2027 | Sunday | Ravi Pradosh Vrat | 18 Apr, 7:43 AM | 19 Apr, 6:09 AM |
| 4 May 2027 | Tuesday | Bhauma Pradosh Vrat | 3 May, 8:05 PM | 4 May, 7:31 PM |
| 17 May 2027 | Monday | Soma Pradosh Vrat | 17 May, 4:29 PM | 18 May, 4:04 PM |
2026 has 25 Pradosh Vrat dates in all, one of them inside an adhika month.
The rest of the vrat calendar, next 60 days
Every other fasting date computed for the same window, so you are not checking five calendars.
| Date | Day | Vrat | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2026 | Thursday | Ekadashi | Papankusha Ekadashi |
| 26 October 2026 | Monday | Purnima | Ashwin Purnima · Sharad Purnima |
| 29 October 2026 | Thursday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Vakratunda Sankashti Chaturthi |
| 5 November 2026 | Thursday | Ekadashi | Rama Ekadashi |
| 9 November 2026 | Monday | Amavasya | Kartik Amavasya · Diwali / Lakshmi Puja |
| 20 November 2026 | Friday | Ekadashi | Devutthana Ekadashi |
| 24 November 2026 | Tuesday | Purnima | Kartik Purnima · Dev Deepawali |
| 27 November 2026 | Friday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Ganadhipa Sankashti Chaturthi |
| 4 December 2026 | Friday | Ekadashi | Utpanna Ekadashi |
| 8 December 2026 | Tuesday | Amavasya | Margashirsha Amavasya |
Frequently asked
When is the next Pradosh Vrat?
23 October 2026, a Friday, which is 11 days from today. It is Shukra Pradosh Vrat, in Ashwin Shukla paksha. The tithi begins at 23 Oct, 2:36 PM and ends at 24 Oct, 1:37 PM.
Why does Pradosh Vrat not fall on the same date every year?
Because it is a tithi, not a calendar date. A tithi is a 12-degree step in the angle between the Moon and the Sun, so it begins and ends at an instant rather than at midnight, and it lasts anywhere from about 19 to about 28 hours. Around this date the shortest ran 20.4 hours on 12 July 2026 and the longest 26.7 hours on 3 February 2027. The day it governs is the day it is running at sunrise.
How many Pradosh Vrat dates are there in 2026?
25. Pradosh Vrat falls twice a month, and a lunar year is about eleven days shorter than a solar one, so an adhika (leap) month is inserted every two to three years and that year carries an extra one. 2026 is such a year.
What is pradosh kaal, and when is it on this date?
Pradosh kaal is the twilight window around sunset in which the vrat is kept — on 23 October 2026 in New Delhi it runs 4:59 PM to 6:32 PM, with sunset at 5:44 PM. Pradosh is one of the vrats read at dusk rather than at sunrise, which is why its date can differ from a calendar that assumes the sunrise rule everywhere.
The other vrat calendars
Pradosh Vrat is the same date for your whole city. Your chart is not.
Which vrats actually matter for you depends on where the Moon and its lords sit in your kundli — and on the dasha you are running. That part is yours alone.
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