Utpanna Ekadasi
Utpannā Ekādaśī
Friday, December 8, 2023
Bengaluru, India
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*Showing Smārta date – Friday, December 8, 2023. Vaishnava observers fast Saturday, December 9, 2023 →
Why do the two traditions differ? →
*Labelled Mārgashīrṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Pauṣa kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Fri · 8 Dec · 5:06 AM
- Sat · 9 Dec · 6:31 AM
- Sat · 9 Dec · 6:31 AM
- Fri
- 8 Dec
- 5:06 AM
- Sat
- 9 Dec
- 6:31 AM
- Sat
- 9 Dec
- 6:31 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Fri · 8 Dec · 6:29 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat · 9 Dec · 6:31 AM – 9:20 AM
- at sunrise
- Fri
- 8 Dec
- 6:29 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat
- 9 Dec
- 6:31 AM – 9:20 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)
Thursday, 7 December 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, December 8, 2023 · Begins 6:29 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, 9 December 2023 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:31 AM – 9:20 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
10:45 AM – 12:11 PM
3:02 PM – 4:27 PM
11:47 AM – 12:35 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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