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Saturday, 29 July 2023

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Padmini Ekadasi

Padminī Ekādaśī

Saturday, July 29, 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

Fri · 28 Jul · 2:51 PM
Sat · 29 Jul · 1:05 PM
Sat · 29 Jul · 1:05 PM

The tithi begins on Friday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.

The fast

at sunrise
Sat · 29 Jul · 6:04 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 30 Jul · 6:04 AM – 9:15 AM

Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.

, see Traditions.

Authentic Śāstric Method

The 3-Day Observance Arc

Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.

1

Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)

Friday, 28 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.

2

Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)

Saturday, July 29, 2023 · Begins 6:04 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)

Sunday, 30 July 2023 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:04 AM – 9:15 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 (29 July 2023)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:04 AM70° ENE
Sunset6:47 PM289° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:32 PM118° ESE
Moonset2:06 AM244° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

9:15 AM – 10:50 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

2:01 PM – 3:36 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:02 PM – 12:50 PM

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

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