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Thursday, 6 October 2022

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Papankusha Ekadasi

Pāpāṅkuśā Ekādaśī

Thursday, October 6, 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.

Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.

From the pañchāṅga

Wed · 5 Oct · 12:00 PM
Thu · 6 Oct · 9:41 AM
Thu · 6 Oct · 9:41 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 · 6 Oct · 6:08 AM
pāraṇa window
Fri · 7 Oct · 6:08 AM – 7:27 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, 5 October 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)

Thursday, October 6, 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)

Friday, 7 October 2022 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:08 AM – 7:27 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 (6 October 2022)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:08 AM95° E
Sunset6:06 PM265° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:45 PM107° ESE
Moonset2:41 AM250° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

1:37 PM – 3:07 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:08 AM – 7:38 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:43 AM – 12:31 PM

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

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