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Tuesday, 24 March 1778

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90788 days agoFasting day

Papamochani Ekadasi

Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī

Tuesday, March 24, 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.

*Labelled Chaitra kṛṣṇa in amānta. Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Tue · 24 Mar · 4:56 AM
Wed · 25 Mar · 5:03 AM
Wed · 25 Mar · 5:03 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Tue · 24 Mar · 6:44 AM
pāraṇa window
Wed · 25 Mar · 6:44 AM – 9:46 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)

Monday, 23 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)

Tuesday, March 24, 1778 · Begins 6:44 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)

Wednesday, 25 March 1778 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:44 AM – 9:46 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 (24 March 1778)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:44 AM88° E
Sunset6:54 PM272° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:20 AM113° ESE
Moonset3:03 PM249° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

3:52 PM – 5:23 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:47 AM – 11:18 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:25 PM – 1:13 PM

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

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