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Amalaki Ekadasi

Āmalakī Ekādaśī

Monday, March 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

Sun · 8 Mar · 2:04 PM
Mon · 9 Mar · 12:52 PM
Mon · 9 Mar · 12:52 PM

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 · 9 Mar · 6:54 AM
pāraṇa window
Tue · 10 Mar · 6:53 AM – 9:53 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, 8 March 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)

Monday, March 9, 1778 · Begins 6:54 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, 10 March 1778 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:53 AM – 9:53 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 March 1778)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:54 AM94° E
Sunset6:53 PM266° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:34 PM68° ENE
Moonset3:50 AM293° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

8:24 AM – 9:54 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

11:24 AM – 12:53 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:29 PM – 1:17 PM

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

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