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Saturday, 21 December 1776

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Mokshada Ekadasi

Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

Saturday, December 21, 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

Fri · 20 Dec · 4:40 PM
Sat · 21 Dec · 2:22 PM
Sat · 21 Dec · 2:22 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Sat · 21 Dec · 7:00 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 22 Dec · 7:01 AM – 9:51 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)

Friday, 20 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)

Saturday, December 21, 1776 · Begins 7:00 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)

Sunday, 22 December 1776 · Pāraṇā Window: 7:01 AM – 9:51 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 (21 December 1776)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise7:00 AM114° ESE
Sunset6:23 PM246° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:18 PM79° E
Moonset3:10 AM279° W
Rāhu Kāla

9:51 AM – 11:16 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

2:07 PM – 3:32 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:17 PM – 1:05 PM

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

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