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Saturday, 7 February 1778

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Jaya Ekadasi

Jayā Ekādaśī

Saturday, February 7, 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

Sat · 7 Feb · 5:31 AM
Sun · 8 Feb · 3:27 AM
Sun · 8 Feb · 3:27 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Sat · 7 Feb · 7:08 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 8 Feb · 7:08 AM – 10:02 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)

Friday, 6 February 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)

Saturday, February 7, 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)

Sunday, 8 February 1778 · Pāraṇā Window: 7:08 AM – 10:02 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 (7 February 1778)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise7:08 AM106° ESE
Sunset6:47 PM255° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:45 PM67° ENE
Moonset2:58 AM291° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

10:03 AM – 11:30 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

2:25 PM – 3:52 PM

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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