13 October

1. Through the day

   Navratri — night 3 of nine

   • The fast continues; many keep all nine days, others only the first and the last.
   • Water the khetri, and keep the lamp alight.
   • Fruit, milk and the vrat flours; rock salt rather than the ordinary kind.
2. 5:46 a.m.Brahma Muhūrta

   Rise and pray

   Navarātri, night 3: Mā Candraghaṇṭā

   ॐ देवी चन्द्रघण्टायै नमः

   Tuesday is kept for Hanumān and Maṅgala

   ॐ हनुमते नमः

   Why Prayer is set at the joins of the day — dawn, midday and dusk, the three sandhyās — when one part of the day hands over to the next.

3. 7:29 a.m.Sunrise

   Before you leave home

   Don’t begin a journey toward the north today.

   Why Diśā Śūla — each weekday has one direction the tradition asks a traveller not to begin toward. If the road must run that way, take a few steps in another direction first, then set out.

4. 12:41 p.m.Abhijit
   until 1:25 p.m.

   The best hour to begin anything important

   Why Abhijit is the muhūrta around local midday, held good for starting work, a journey or a purchase.

5. 6:37 p.m.Pradoṣa Kāla
   until 9:01 p.m.

   Evening pūjā and the lamp

   • The day’s ārtī at 6:37 p.m. – 9:01 p.m.
6. Opening the fast

   • Navarātri — one meal after the evening pūjā, once the sun has set (6:37 p.m.). The nine-night fast is closed on Daśamī, Tue, Oct 20, after the morning pūjā.

   For those who keep the weekly vow: Tuesday vrat for Hanumān — one meal after sunset (6:37 p.m.), often without salt.

   Why A vrata is a vow rather than hunger: when and how it is opened matters as much as the fast itself.

Kept as living heritage. Where a household follows a different school, that reckoning stands.