Indira Ekadasi
Indirā Ekādaśī
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Āśvina kṛṣṇa in amānta. Kārtika kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 9 Oct · 12:37 PM
- Tue · 10 Oct · 3:09 PM
- Tue · 10 Oct · 3:09 PM
- Mon
- 9 Oct
- 12:37 PM
- Tue
- 10 Oct
- 3:09 PM
- Tue
- 10 Oct
- 3:09 PM
The tithi begins on Monday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Tue · 10 Oct · 6:09 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed · 11 Oct · 6:09 AM – 9:07 AM
- at sunrise
- Tue
- 10 Oct
- 6:09 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed
- 11 Oct
- 6:09 AM – 9:07 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)
Monday, 9 October 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)
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 · Begins 6:09 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)
Wednesday, 11 October 2023 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:09 AM – 9:07 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
3:05 PM – 4:34 PM
9:07 AM – 10:37 AM
11:42 AM – 12:30 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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