Mokshada Ekadasi
Mokṣadā Ekādaśī
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Fri · 22 Dec · 8:17 AM
- Sat · 23 Dec · 7:12 AM
- Sat · 23 Dec · 7:12 AM
- Fri
- 22 Dec
- 8:17 AM
- Sat
- 23 Dec
- 7:12 AM
- Sat
- 23 Dec
- 7:12 AM
The tithi begins on Friday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Sat · 23 Dec · 6:37 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sun · 24 Dec · 6:37 AM – 6:38 AM
- at sunrise
- Sat
- 23 Dec
- 6:37 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sun
- 24 Dec
- 6:37 AM – 6:38 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)
Friday, 22 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)
Saturday, December 23, 2023 · Begins 6:37 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)
Sunday, 24 December 2023 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:37 AM – 6:38 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
9:27 AM – 10:53 AM
1:43 PM – 3:09 PM
11:54 AM – 12:42 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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