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Wednesday, 21 September 2022

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1489 days agoFasting day

Indira Ekadasi

Indirā Ekādaśī

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

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 Āśvina kṛṣṇa in amānta. Kārtika kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Tue · 20 Sep · 9:26 PM
Wed · 21 Sep · 11:35 PM
Wed · 21 Sep · 11:35 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Wed · 21 Sep · 6:08 AM
pāraṇa window
Thu · 22 Sep · 6:08 AM – 9:10 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)

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

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)

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 · Begins 6:08 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)

Thursday, 22 September 2022 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:08 AM – 9:10 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 (21 September 2022)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:08 AM89° E
Sunset6:16 PM271° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:09 AM64° ENE
Moonset3:22 PM294° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

12:12 PM – 1:43 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

7:39 AM – 9:10 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:48 AM – 12:36 PM

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

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