Kamika Ekadasi
Kāmikā Ekādaśī
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Śrāvaṇa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Wed · 12 Jul · 6:00 PM
- Thu · 13 Jul · 6:25 PM
- Thu · 13 Jul · 6:25 PM
- Wed
- 12 Jul
- 6:00 PM
- Thu
- 13 Jul
- 6:25 PM
- Thu
- 13 Jul
- 6:25 PM
The tithi begins on Wednesday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Thu · 13 Jul · 6:00 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri · 14 Jul · 6:00 AM – 9:12 AM
- at sunrise
- Thu
- 13 Jul
- 6:00 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri
- 14 Jul
- 6:00 AM – 9:12 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)
Wednesday, 12 July 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)
Thursday, July 13, 2023 · Begins 6:00 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)
Friday, 14 July 2023 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:00 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.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
2:01 PM – 3:37 PM
6:00 AM – 7:36 AM
12:01 PM – 12:49 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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