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Thursday, 29 February 1776

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Amalaki Ekadasi

Āmalakī Ekādaśī

Thursday, February 29, 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.

Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.

From the pañchāṅga

Thu · 29 Feb · 3:12 AM
Fri · 1 Mar · 5:11 AM
Fri · 1 Mar · 5:11 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Thu · 29 Feb · 6:59 AM
pāraṇa window
Fri · 1 Mar · 6:58 AM – 9:57 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)

Wednesday, 28 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)

Thursday, February 29, 1776 · Begins 6:59 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)

Friday, 1 March 1776 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:58 AM – 9:57 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 (29 February 1776)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:59 AM98° E
Sunset6:52 PM262° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:56 PM70° ENE
Moonset3:11 AM291° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

2:25 PM – 3:54 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:59 AM – 8:28 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:31 PM – 1:19 PM

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

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