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Monday, 7 August 1775

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91749 days agoFasting day

Putrada Ekadasi (Shravana)

Putradā Ekādaśī (Śrāvaṇa)

Monday, August 7, 1775

Bengaluru, India

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Śrī Ekādaśī Devī in serene padmāsana dhyāna
Śrī Ekādaśī Devī: The divine protective energy of Lord Viṣṇu presiding over sacred fasting vows.

Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.

From the pañchāṅga

Mon · 7 Aug · 5:18 AM
Tue · 8 Aug · 2:53 AM
Tue · 8 Aug · 2:53 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Mon · 7 Aug · 6:29 AM
pāraṇa window
Tue · 8 Aug · 6:29 AM – 9:38 AM

Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.

Authentic Śāstric Method

The 3-Day Observance Arc

Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.

1

Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)

Sunday, 6 August 1775

Eat a single light sattvic meal before sunset. Avoid heavy grains, lentils, or eating late at night. Take a holy bath and resolve for the fast.

2

Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)

Monday, August 7, 1775 · Begins 6:29 AM (Sunrise)

Complete fast from sunrise to sunrise (water-only, fruits, or Nirjala as per capacity). Continuous prayer, chanting, and night vigil (Jāgaraṇa).

3

Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)

Tuesday, 8 August 1775 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:29 AM – 9:38 AM

Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.

Today's Sky (7 August 1775)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:29 AM73° ENE
Sunset7:07 PM287° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:16 PM109° ESE
Moonset2:11 AM252° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

8:03 AM – 9:38 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

11:13 AM – 12:48 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:24 PM – 1:12 PM

Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.

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