Putrada Ekadasi (Pausha)
Putradā Ekādaśī (Pauṣa)
Monday, January 2, 2023
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Sun · 1 Jan · 7:12 PM
- Mon · 2 Jan · 8:23 PM
- Mon · 2 Jan · 8:23 PM
- Sun
- 1 Jan
- 7:12 PM
- Mon
- 2 Jan
- 8:23 PM
- Mon
- 2 Jan
- 8:23 PM
The tithi begins on Sunday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Mon · 2 Jan · 6:41 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Tue · 3 Jan · 6:42 AM – 9:33 AM
- at sunrise
- Mon
- 2 Jan
- 6:41 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Tue
- 3 Jan
- 6:42 AM – 9:33 AM
Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.
The 3-Day Observance Arc
Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.
Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)
Sunday, 1 January 2023
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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Monday, January 2, 2023 · Begins 6:41 AM (Sunrise)
Complete fast from sunrise to sunrise (water-only, fruits, or Nirjala as per capacity). Continuous prayer, chanting, and night vigil (Jāgaraṇa).
Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)
Tuesday, 3 January 2023 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:42 AM – 9:33 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
8:07 AM – 9:32 AM
10:58 AM – 12:23 PM
11:59 AM – 12:47 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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