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Mohini Ekadasi

Mohinī Ekādaśī

Thursday, May 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

Wed · 6 May · 9:54 AM
Thu · 7 May · 10:43 AM
Thu · 7 May · 10:43 AM

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 · 7 May · 6:19 AM
pāraṇa window
Fri · 8 May · 6:19 AM – 9:29 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)

Wednesday, 6 May 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)

Thursday, May 7, 1778 · Begins 6:19 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)

Friday, 8 May 1778 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:19 AM – 9:29 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 May 1778)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:19 AM73° ENE
Sunset6:59 PM288° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:51 PM86° E
Moonset3:39 AM277° W
Rāhu Kāla

2:14 PM – 3:49 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:19 AM – 7:54 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:15 PM – 1:03 PM

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

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