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Thursday, 6 March 1777

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Vijaya Ekadasi

Vijayā Ekādaśī

Thursday, March 6, 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.

*Labelled Phālguna kṛṣṇa in amānta. Chaitra kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Wed · 5 Mar · 9:00 AM
Thu · 6 Mar · 8:02 AM
Thu · 6 Mar · 8:02 AM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Thu · 6 Mar · 6:56 AM
pāraṇa window
Fri · 7 Mar · 6:55 AM – 6:56 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)

Wednesday, 5 March 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)

Thursday, March 6, 1777 · Begins 6:56 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)

Friday, 7 March 1777 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:55 AM – 6:56 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 March 1777)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:56 AM96° E
Sunset6:53 PM265° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:58 AM112° ESE
Moonset3:44 PM249° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

2:24 PM – 3:53 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:56 AM – 8:25 AM

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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