Apara Ekadasi
Aparā Ekādaśī
Sunday, May 13, 1787
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āshāḍha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Sun · 13 May · 4:52 AM
- Mon · 14 May · 3:08 AM
- Mon · 14 May · 3:08 AM
- Sun
- 13 May
- 4:52 AM
- Mon
- 14 May
- 3:08 AM
- Mon
- 14 May
- 3:08 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Sun · 13 May · 6:17 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon · 14 May · 6:17 AM – 9:28 AM
- at sunrise
- Sun
- 13 May
- 6:17 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon
- 14 May
- 6:17 AM – 9:28 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)
Saturday, 12 May 1787
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)
Sunday, May 13, 1787 · Begins 6:17 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)
Monday, 14 May 1787 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:17 AM – 9:28 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Sunday, 13 May (today, in the ancient reckoning)
- Cosmic Time
अद्य · श्वेतवराह कल्पे · वैवस्वत मन्वन्तरे · कलियुगे प्रथम पादे
adya · śveta-varāha kalpe · vaivasvata manvantare · kali-yuge prathama pāde
- Calendrical Time
शालिवाहन शके १७०९ · प्लवङ्ग संवत्सरे · उत्तरायणे · ग्रीष्म ऋतौ
śālivāhana śake 1709 · Plavanga saṁvatsare · Uttarāyaṇe · Grīṣma ṛtau
- Astronomical Limb (Pañcāṅga) · पञ्चाङ्ग कालः
ज्येष्ठ मासे · कृष्ण पक्षे · एकादशी तिथौ · भानु वासरे · पूर्व भाद्रपदा नक्षत्रे · विष्कम्भ योगे · बव करणे
Jyeṣṭha māse · Kṛṣṇa pakṣe · Ekādaśī tithau · Bhānu vāsare · Pūrva Bhādrapadā nakṣatre · Viṣkambha yoge · Bava karaṇe
- Sacred Locality
जम्बूद्वीपे · भारतवर्षे*
jambū-dvīpe · bhārata-varṣe (India)
*The locality lines (jambū-dvīpe bhārata-varṣe): India is shown by default; spoken aloud you substitute your own region and town.
What You Just Read: The Three Frames of Time
The saṅkalpa places the moment in three nested dimensions—cosmic, calendrical, and astronomical—so the seeker knows exactly when and where they stand in eternity.
Cosmic Time (Eternal Scale)
Cosmic time doesn’t change with where you read this. Śveta-varāha is the present kalpa (~4.32 billion years). Vaivasvata is the current manvantara. Kali-yuga prathama pāda places us in the first quarter of the dark age. Identical whether recited in Bengaluru, Mumbai, London, or New York.
Calendrical Time (Solar & Seasonal Cycles)
Calendrical time tracks the present era and season: the Śaka era (from 78 CE), the 60-year Jovian saṁvatsara cycle, Uttarāyaṇa or Dakṣiṇāyana (solar transit), and the bi-monthly ṛtu (season).
Astronomical Time (The Five Limbs of Pañchāṅga)
Astronomical time is the immediate daily rhythm: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (fortnight), tithi (lunar day), vāra (solar weekday), nakṣatra (moon constellation), yoga, and karaṇa.
Local Sunrise Reckoning & Daily Purpose
All values above are calculated for your local sunrise. The day traditionally belongs to whichever tithi prevailed at sunrise.
The saṅkalpa is the daily (nitya) opening of sacred life. Recited each morning, it re-anchors you in awareness of eternity and dedicates your actions with resolve.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
5:25 PM – 7:00 PM
12:39 PM – 2:14 PM
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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