Rama Ekadasi
Ramā Ekādaśī
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Kārtika kṛṣṇa in amānta. Mārgashīrṣa kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Wed · 8 Nov · 8:23 AM
- Thu · 9 Nov · 10:42 AM
- Thu · 9 Nov · 10:42 AM
- Wed
- 8 Nov
- 8:23 AM
- Thu
- 9 Nov
- 10:42 AM
- Thu
- 9 Nov
- 10:42 AM
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 · 9 Nov · 6:15 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri · 10 Nov · 6:15 AM – 9:09 AM
- at sunrise
- Thu
- 9 Nov
- 6:15 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri
- 10 Nov
- 6:15 AM – 9:09 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, 8 November 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, November 9, 2023 · Begins 6:15 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, 10 November 2023 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:15 AM – 9:09 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
1:30 PM – 2:57 PM
6:15 AM – 7:42 AM
11:39 AM – 12:27 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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