Apara Ekadasi
Aparā Ekādaśī
Monday, May 15, 2023
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āshāḍha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 15 May · 2:46 AM
- Tue · 16 May · 1:03 AM
- Tue · 16 May · 1:03 AM
- Mon
- 15 May
- 2:46 AM
- Tue
- 16 May
- 1:03 AM
- Tue
- 16 May
- 1:03 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Mon · 15 May · 5:54 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Tue · 16 May · 5:53 AM – 9:05 AM
- at sunrise
- Mon
- 15 May
- 5:54 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Tue
- 16 May
- 5:53 AM – 9:05 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, 14 May 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, May 15, 2023 · Begins 5:54 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, 16 May 2023 · Pāraṇā Window: 5:53 AM – 9:05 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Vṛṣabha
Monday, 15 May 2023
The Sun crosses at 11:44 AM, your local time
The Sun enters Vṛṣabha (Taurus), opening the second solar month.
What is done, A day for a bath in sacred water and dāna (charity) during the puṇya kāla, the auspicious window around the transit.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
7:29 AM – 9:05 AM
10:40 AM – 12:16 PM
11:52 AM – 12:40 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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