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Friday, 9 January 1778

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Putrada Ekadasi (Pausha)

Putradā Ekādaśī (Pauṣa)

Friday, January 9, 1778

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

Thu · 8 Jan · 8:59 PM
Fri · 9 Jan · 6:20 PM
Fri · 9 Jan · 6:20 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Fri · 9 Jan · 7:08 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 10 Jan · 7:08 AM – 9:59 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)

Thursday, 8 January 1778

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)

Friday, January 9, 1778 · Begins 7:08 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)

Saturday, 10 January 1778 · Pāraṇā Window: 7:08 AM – 9:59 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 (9 January 1778)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise7:08 AM113° ESE
Sunset6:33 PM248° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:03 PM73° ENE
Moonset3:05 AM285° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

11:25 AM – 12:50 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:42 PM – 5:07 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:26 PM – 1:14 PM

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

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