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Trayodashi Tithi

ತ್ರಯೋದಶಿ ತಿಥಿ

Trayodashi is lunar day 13 of each fortnight (in both the waxing Shukla and waning Krishna paksha). A tithi is a lunar "day" — the time the Moon takes to move 12° further from the Sun. This page covers its presiding deity, meaning, mythology and traditional observances.

Deity

Kamadeva (Shiva in Krishna paksha)

Meaning & mythology

Pradosha vrata evenings and Dhanteras (Krishna Trayodashi of Ashwina) fall here — Shiva's twilight dance and the churning-born Dhanvantari with his pot of amrita.

Observances & practice

Evening Pradosha worship of Shiva; lamps for Dhanvantari on Dhanteras.

ತ್ರಯೋದಶಿ ತಿಥಿ — ಅರ್ಥ ಮತ್ತು ಪುರಾಣ

ದೇವತೆ

ಕಾಮದೇವ (ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಪಕ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವ)

ಪ್ರದೋಷ ವ್ರತದ ಸಂಜೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಧನ ತ್ರಯೋದಶಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ — ಶಿವನ ಸಂಧ್ಯಾ ನೃತ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಅಮೃತ ಕಲಶದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಧನ್ವಂತರಿ.

ಆಚರಣೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪದ್ಧತಿ: ಸಂಜೆ ಪ್ರದೋಷ ಶಿವ ಪೂಜೆ; ಧನ ತ್ರಯೋದಶಿಯಂದು ಧನ್ವಂತರಿಗೆ ದೀಪ.

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