Saphala Ekadasi
Saphalā Ekādaśī
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Pauṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Māgha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Sun · 7 Jan · 12:42 AM
- Mon · 8 Jan · 12:46 AM
- Mon · 8 Jan · 12:46 AM
- Sun
- 7 Jan
- 12:42 AM
- Mon
- 8 Jan
- 12:46 AM
- Mon
- 8 Jan
- 12:46 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Sun · 7 Jan · 6:43 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon · 8 Jan · 6:43 AM – 9:34 AM
- at sunrise
- Sun
- 7 Jan
- 6:43 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon
- 8 Jan
- 6:43 AM – 9:34 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, 6 January 2024
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, January 7, 2024 · Begins 6:43 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, 8 January 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:43 AM – 9:34 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
4:42 PM – 6:07 PM
12:25 PM – 1:51 PM
12:01 PM – 12:49 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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