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Friday, 16 February 1776

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Vijaya Ekadasi

Vijayā Ekādaśī

Friday, February 16, 1776

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.

*Labelled Phālguna kṛṣṇa in amānta. Chaitra kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Thu · 15 Feb · 10:19 AM
Fri · 16 Feb · 8:22 AM
Fri · 16 Feb · 8:22 AM

The tithi begins on Thursday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.

The fast

at sunrise
Fri · 16 Feb · 7:05 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 17 Feb · 7:05 AM – 7:06 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)

Thursday, 15 February 1776

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)

Friday, February 16, 1776 · Begins 7:05 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)

Saturday, 17 February 1776 · Pāraṇā Window: 7:05 AM – 7:06 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 (16 February 1776)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise7:05 AM103° ESE
Sunset6:49 PM258° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:47 AM111° ESE
Moonset3:36 PM249° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

11:29 AM – 12:57 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:53 PM – 5:21 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:33 PM – 1:21 PM

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

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