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Sunday, 10 June 2018

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Parama Ekadasi

Paramā Ekādaśī

Sunday, June 10, 2018

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 Āshāḍha kṛṣṇa in pūrṇimānta. Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa under amānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Sat · 9 Jun · 12:59 PM
Sun · 10 Jun · 11:54 AM
Sun · 10 Jun · 11:54 AM

The tithi begins on Saturday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.

The fast

at sunrise
Sun · 10 Jun · 5:52 AM
pāraṇa window
Mon · 11 Jun · 5:52 AM – 9:05 AM

Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.

, see Traditions.

Authentic Śāstric Method

The 3-Day Observance Arc

Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.

1

Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)

Saturday, 9 June 2018

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)

Sunday, June 10, 2018 · Begins 5:52 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)

Monday, 11 June 2018 · Pāraṇā Window: 5:52 AM – 9:05 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 (10 June 2018)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise5:52 AM66° ENE
Sunset6:45 PM294° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:46 AM84° E
Moonset3:23 PM278° W
Rāhu Kāla

5:08 PM – 6:45 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

12:19 PM – 1:55 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:55 AM – 12:43 PM

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

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