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Wednesday, 1 February 2023

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1356 days agoFasting day

Jaya Ekadasi

Jayā Ekādaśī

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

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

Tue · 31 Jan · 11:54 AM
Wed · 1 Feb · 2:02 PM
Wed · 1 Feb · 2:02 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 · 1 Feb · 6:45 AM
pāraṇa window
Thu · 2 Feb · 6:45 AM – 9:39 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, 31 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.

2

Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 · Begins 6:45 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, 2 February 2023 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:45 AM – 9:39 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 (1 February 2023)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:45 AM107° ESE
Sunset6:20 PM253° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:43 PM62° ENE
Moonset3:12 AM297° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

12:33 PM – 2:00 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

8:12 AM – 9:39 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:09 PM – 12:57 PM

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

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