Aja Ekadasi
Ajā Ekādaśī
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āśvina kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Sat · 9 Sep · 7:18 PM
- Sun · 10 Sep · 9:28 PM
- Sun · 10 Sep · 9:28 PM
- Sat
- 9 Sep
- 7:18 PM
- Sun
- 10 Sep
- 9:28 PM
- Sun
- 10 Sep
- 9:28 PM
The tithi begins on Saturday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Sun · 10 Sep · 6:08 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon · 11 Sep · 6:08 AM – 9:12 AM
- at sunrise
- Sun
- 10 Sep
- 6:08 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon
- 11 Sep
- 6:08 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)
Saturday, 9 September 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)
Sunday, September 10, 2023 · Begins 6:08 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)
Monday, 11 September 2023 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:08 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
4:52 PM – 6:24 PM
12:16 PM – 1:48 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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