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Sunday, 25 August 1776

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Padmini Ekadasi

Padminī Ekādaśī

Sunday, August 25, 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

Sun · 25 Aug · 3:09 AM
Mon · 26 Aug · 1:42 AM
Mon · 26 Aug · 1:42 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Sun · 25 Aug · 6:31 AM
pāraṇa window
Mon · 26 Aug · 6:31 AM – 9:37 AM

Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.

, see Traditions.

Authentic Śāstric Method

The 3-Day Observance Arc

Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.

1

Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)

Saturday, 24 August 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)

Sunday, August 25, 1776 · Begins 6:31 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)

Monday, 26 August 1776 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:31 AM – 9:37 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 (25 August 1776)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:31 AM79° E
Sunset6:58 PM281° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:25 PM111° ESE
Moonset2:15 AM249° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

5:24 PM – 6:58 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

12:44 PM – 2:18 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:20 PM – 1:08 PM

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

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