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Nirjala Ekadasi

Nirjalā Ekādaśī

Monday, June 16, 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 · 15 Jun · 10:27 PM
Tue · 17 Jun · 12:47 AM
Tue · 17 Jun · 12:47 AM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Mon · 16 Jun · 6:16 AM
pāraṇa window
Tue · 17 Jun · 6:16 AM – 9:30 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)

Sunday, 15 June 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)

Monday, June 16, 1777 · Begins 6:16 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)

Tuesday, 17 June 1777 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:16 AM – 9:30 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 (16 June 1777)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:16 AM66° ENE
Sunset7:10 PM294° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:21 PM98° E
Moonset2:47 AM264° W
Rāhu Kāla

7:53 AM – 9:29 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

11:06 AM – 12:43 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:19 PM – 1:07 PM

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

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