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Sunday, 19 January 1777

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91218 days agoFasting day

Putrada Ekadasi (Pausha)

Putradā Ekādaśī (Pauṣa)

Sunday, January 19, 1777

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 · 19 Jan · 1:32 AM
Mon · 20 Jan · 12:10 AM
Mon · 20 Jan · 12:10 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Sun · 19 Jan · 7:10 AM
pāraṇa window
Mon · 20 Jan · 7:10 AM – 10:02 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)

Saturday, 18 January 1777

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, January 19, 1777 · Begins 7:10 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, 20 January 1777 · Pāraṇā Window: 7:10 AM – 10:02 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 (19 January 1777)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise7:10 AM111° ESE
Sunset6:38 PM249° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:53 PM72° ENE
Moonset2:58 AM286° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

5:12 PM – 6:38 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

12:54 PM – 2:20 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:30 PM – 1:18 PM

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

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