Parama Ekadasi
Paramā Ekādaśī
Friday, August 11, 2023
Bengaluru, India
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*Showing Smārta date – Friday, August 11, 2023. Vaishnava observers fast Saturday, August 12, 2023 →
Why do the two traditions differ? →
*Labelled Śrāvaṇa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Fri · 11 Aug · 5:06 AM
- Sat · 12 Aug · 6:32 AM
- Sat · 12 Aug · 6:32 AM
- Fri
- 11 Aug
- 5:06 AM
- Sat
- 12 Aug
- 6:32 AM
- Sat
- 12 Aug
- 6:32 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Fri · 11 Aug · 6:06 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat · 12 Aug · 6:32 AM – 9:15 AM
- at sunrise
- Fri
- 11 Aug
- 6:06 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat
- 12 Aug
- 6:32 AM – 9:15 AM
Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.
, see Traditions.
The 3-Day Observance Arc
Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.
Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)
Thursday, 10 August 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)
Friday, August 11, 2023 · Begins 6:06 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)
Saturday, 12 August 2023 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:32 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.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
10:50 AM – 12:24 PM
3:33 PM – 5:08 PM
12:00 PM – 12:48 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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