Nirjala Ekadasi
Nirjalā Ekādaśī
Wednesday, May 29, 1776
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Tue · 28 May · 8:26 AM
- Wed · 29 May · 10:12 AM
- Wed · 29 May · 10:12 AM
- Tue
- 28 May
- 8:26 AM
- Wed
- 29 May
- 10:12 AM
- Wed
- 29 May
- 10:12 AM
The tithi begins on Tuesday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Wed · 29 May · 6:15 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu · 30 May · 6:15 AM – 9:27 AM
- at sunrise
- Wed
- 29 May
- 6:15 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu
- 30 May
- 6:15 AM – 9:27 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)
Tuesday, 28 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)
Wednesday, May 29, 1776 · Begins 6:15 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)
Thursday, 30 May 1776 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:15 AM – 9:27 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
12:40 PM – 2:16 PM
7:51 AM – 9:27 AM
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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