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Sunday, 20 November 2022

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Utpanna Ekadasi

Utpannā Ekādaśī

Sunday, November 20, 2022

Bengaluru, India

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Ekādaśī Devī Dhyāna Vigraha
Śrī Ekādaśī Devī: Four-armed protective manifestation holding the divine cakra, śaṅkha, and sword of righteousness.

*Labelled Mārgashīrṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Pauṣa kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Sat · 19 Nov · 10:30 AM
Sun · 20 Nov · 10:41 AM
Sun · 20 Nov · 10:41 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 · 20 Nov · 6:20 AM
pāraṇa window
Mon · 21 Nov · 6:20 AM – 9:12 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)

Saturday, 19 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)

Sunday, November 20, 2022 · Begins 6:20 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, 21 November 2022 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:20 AM – 9:12 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 (20 November 2022)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:20 AM110° ESE
Sunset5:50 PM250° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:49 AM89° E
Moonset3:09 PM268° W
Rāhu Kāla

4:23 PM – 5:50 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

12:05 PM – 1:31 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:41 AM – 12:29 PM

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

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