Kamada Ekadasi
Kāmadā Ekādaśī
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Sat · 1 Apr · 1:59 AM
- Sun · 2 Apr · 4:20 AM
- Sun · 2 Apr · 4:20 AM
- Sat
- 1 Apr
- 1:59 AM
- Sun
- 2 Apr
- 4:20 AM
- Sun
- 2 Apr
- 4:20 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Sat · 1 Apr · 6:16 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sun · 2 Apr · 6:15 AM – 9:19 AM
- at sunrise
- Sat
- 1 Apr
- 6:16 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sun
- 2 Apr
- 6:15 AM – 9:19 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)
Friday, 31 March 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)
Saturday, April 1, 2023 · Begins 6:16 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)
Sunday, 2 April 2023 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:15 AM – 9:19 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
9:19 AM – 10:51 AM
1:55 PM – 3:27 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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