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Friday, 4 November 2022

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Prabodhini Ekadasi

Prabodhinī Ekādaśī

Friday, November 4, 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

Thu · 3 Nov · 7:30 PM
Fri · 4 Nov · 6:08 PM
Fri · 4 Nov · 6:08 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Fri · 4 Nov · 6:13 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 5 Nov · 6:14 AM – 9:08 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)

Thursday, 3 November 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)

Friday, November 4, 2022 · Begins 6:13 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)

Saturday, 5 November 2022 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:14 AM – 9:08 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 (4 November 2022)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:13 AM106° ESE
Sunset5:52 PM254° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:10 PM97° E
Moonset2:29 AM260° W
Rāhu Kāla

10:35 AM – 12:03 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

2:57 PM – 4:25 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:39 AM – 12:27 PM

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

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