Shattila Ekadasi
Ṣaṭtilā Ekādaśī
Tuesday, February 4, 1777
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Māgha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Phālguna kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 3 Feb · 4:20 PM
- Tue · 4 Feb · 4:37 PM
- Tue · 4 Feb · 4:37 PM
- Mon
- 3 Feb
- 4:20 PM
- Tue
- 4 Feb
- 4:37 PM
- Tue
- 4 Feb
- 4:37 PM
The tithi begins on Monday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Tue · 4 Feb · 7:09 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed · 5 Feb · 7:08 AM – 10:03 AM
- at sunrise
- Tue
- 4 Feb
- 7:09 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed
- 5 Feb
- 7:08 AM – 10:03 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)
Monday, 3 February 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Tuesday, February 4, 1777 · Begins 7:09 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)
Wednesday, 5 February 1777 · Pāraṇā Window: 7:08 AM – 10:03 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
3:51 PM – 5:18 PM
10:03 AM – 11:30 AM
12:33 PM – 1:21 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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