Saphala Ekadasi
Saphalā Ekādaśī
Monday, December 18, 1775
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Pauṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Māgha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 18 Dec · 2:38 AM
- Tue · 19 Dec · 2:55 AM
- Tue · 19 Dec · 2:55 AM
- Mon
- 18 Dec
- 2:38 AM
- Tue
- 19 Dec
- 2:55 AM
- Tue
- 19 Dec
- 2:55 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Mon · 18 Dec · 6:58 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Tue · 19 Dec · 6:59 AM – 9:49 AM
- at sunrise
- Mon
- 18 Dec
- 6:58 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Tue
- 19 Dec
- 6:59 AM – 9:49 AM
Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.
The 3-Day Observance Arc
Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.
Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)
Sunday, 17 December 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Monday, December 18, 1775 · Begins 6:58 AM (Sunrise)
Complete fast from sunrise to sunrise (water-only, fruits, or Nirjala as per capacity). Continuous prayer, chanting, and night vigil (Jāgaraṇa).
Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)
Tuesday, 19 December 1775 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:59 AM – 9:49 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
8:24 AM – 9:49 AM
11:14 AM – 12:40 PM
12:16 PM – 1:04 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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