Jaya Ekadasi
Jayā Ekādaśī
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 19 Feb · 8:50 AM
- Tue · 20 Feb · 9:56 AM
- Tue · 20 Feb · 9:56 AM
- Mon
- 19 Feb
- 8:50 AM
- Tue
- 20 Feb
- 9:56 AM
- Tue
- 20 Feb
- 9:56 AM
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 · 20 Feb · 6:40 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed · 21 Feb · 6:39 AM – 9:36 AM
- at sunrise
- Tue
- 20 Feb
- 6:40 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed
- 21 Feb
- 6:39 AM – 9:36 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, 19 February 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)
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 · Begins 6:40 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, 21 February 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:39 AM – 9:36 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
3:30 PM – 4:58 PM
9:36 AM – 11:05 AM
12:09 PM – 12:57 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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