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Tuesday, 18 February 1777

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91188 days agoFasting day

Jaya Ekadasi

Jayā Ekādaśī

Tuesday, February 18, 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

Mon · 17 Feb · 11:52 AM
Tue · 18 Feb · 11:43 AM
Tue · 18 Feb · 11:43 AM

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 · 18 Feb · 7:04 AM
pāraṇa window
Wed · 19 Feb · 7:04 AM – 10:00 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)

Monday, 17 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.

2

Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)

Tuesday, February 18, 1777 · Begins 7:04 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)

Wednesday, 19 February 1777 · Pāraṇā Window: 7:04 AM – 10:00 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 (18 February 1777)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise7:04 AM102° ESE
Sunset6:50 PM259° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:28 PM68° ENE
Moonset3:43 AM292° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

3:53 PM – 5:22 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

10:00 AM – 11:29 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

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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