Papankusha Ekadasi
Pāpāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
Wednesday, October 23, 1776
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Tue · 22 Oct · 11:47 PM
- Wed · 23 Oct · 9:02 PM
- Wed · 23 Oct · 9:02 PM
- Tue
- 22 Oct
- 11:47 PM
- Wed
- 23 Oct
- 9:02 PM
- Wed
- 23 Oct
- 9:02 PM
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 · 23 Oct · 6:34 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu · 24 Oct · 6:34 AM – 9:31 AM
- at sunrise
- Wed
- 23 Oct
- 6:34 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu
- 24 Oct
- 6:34 AM – 9:31 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, 22 October 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, October 23, 1776 · Begins 6:34 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, 24 October 1776 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:34 AM – 9:31 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
12:27 PM – 1:55 PM
8:02 AM – 9:31 AM
12:03 PM – 12:51 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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