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Thursday, 28 August 1777

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90996 days agoFasting day

Aja Ekadasi

Ajā Ekādaśī

Thursday, August 28, 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 Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āśvina kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Thu · 28 Aug · 5:56 AM
Fri · 29 Aug · 5:04 AM
Fri · 29 Aug · 5:04 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Thu · 28 Aug · 6:31 AM
pāraṇa window
Fri · 29 Aug · 6:31 AM – 9:37 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, 27 August 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, August 28, 1777 · Begins 6:31 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, 29 August 1777 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:31 AM – 9:37 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 (28 August 1777)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:31 AM80° E
Sunset6:56 PM280° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:08 AM67° ENE
Moonset3:21 PM293° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

2:16 PM – 3:50 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:31 AM – 8:04 AM

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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