Apara Ekadasi
Aparā Ekādaśī
Tuesday, May 14, 1776
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āshāḍha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 13 May · 11:40 AM
- Tue · 14 May · 9:04 AM
- Tue · 14 May · 9:04 AM
- Mon
- 13 May
- 11:40 AM
- Tue
- 14 May
- 9:04 AM
- Tue
- 14 May
- 9:04 AM
The tithi begins on Monday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Tue · 14 May · 6:17 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed · 15 May · 6:17 AM – 6:23 AM
- at sunrise
- Tue
- 14 May
- 6:17 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed
- 15 May
- 6:17 AM – 6:23 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)
Monday, 13 May 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Tuesday, May 14, 1776 · Begins 6:17 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)
Wednesday, 15 May 1776 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:17 AM – 6:23 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
3:50 PM – 5:25 PM
9:28 AM – 11:03 AM
12:15 PM – 1:03 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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