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Friday, 6 December 1776

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Utpanna Ekadasi

Utpannā Ekādaśī

Friday, December 6, 1776

Bengaluru, India

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Ekādaśī Devī Dhyāna Vigraha
Śrī Ekādaśī Devī: Four-armed protective manifestation holding the divine cakra, śaṅkha, and sword of righteousness.

*Labelled Mārgashīrṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Pauṣa kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Thu · 5 Dec · 11:41 PM
Sat · 7 Dec · 1:59 AM
Sat · 7 Dec · 1:59 AM

The tithi begins on Thursday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.

The fast

at sunrise
Fri · 6 Dec · 6:52 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 7 Dec · 6:53 AM – 9:44 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)

Thursday, 5 December 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)

Friday, December 6, 1776 · Begins 6:52 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)

Saturday, 7 December 1776 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:53 AM – 9:44 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 (6 December 1776)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:52 AM113° ESE
Sunset6:16 PM247° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:49 AM92° E
Moonset3:05 PM266° W
Rāhu Kāla

11:09 AM – 12:34 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:25 PM – 4:51 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:10 PM – 12:58 PM

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

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