Varuthini Ekadasi
Varūthinī Ekādaśī
Thursday, April 23, 1778
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Wed · 22 Apr · 7:25 PM
- Thu · 23 Apr · 6:11 PM
- Thu · 23 Apr · 6:11 PM
- Wed
- 22 Apr
- 7:25 PM
- Thu
- 23 Apr
- 6:11 PM
- Thu
- 23 Apr
- 6:11 PM
The tithi begins on Wednesday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Thu · 23 Apr · 6:25 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri · 24 Apr · 6:25 AM – 9:33 AM
- at sunrise
- Thu
- 23 Apr
- 6:25 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri
- 24 Apr
- 6:25 AM – 9:33 AM
Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.
The 3-Day Observance Arc
Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.
Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)
Wednesday, 22 April 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Thursday, April 23, 1778 · Begins 6:25 AM (Sunrise)
Complete fast from sunrise to sunrise (water-only, fruits, or Nirjala as per capacity). Continuous prayer, chanting, and night vigil (Jāgaraṇa).
Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)
Friday, 24 April 1778 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:25 AM – 9:33 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
2:15 PM – 3:49 PM
6:25 AM – 7:59 AM
12:17 PM – 1:05 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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