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Wednesday, 6 March 2024

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957 days agoFasting day

Vijaya Ekadasi

Vijayā Ekādaśī

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Bengaluru, India

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Śrī Ekādaśī Devī in serene padmāsana dhyāna
Śrī Ekādaśī Devī: The divine protective energy of Lord Viṣṇu presiding over sacred fasting vows.

*Labelled Phālguna kṛṣṇa in amānta. Chaitra kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Wed · 6 Mar · 6:31 AM
Thu · 7 Mar · 4:14 AM
Thu · 7 Mar · 4:14 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Wed · 6 Mar · 6:32 AM
pāraṇa window
Thu · 7 Mar · 6:31 AM – 9:31 AM

Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.

Authentic Śāstric Method

The 3-Day Observance Arc

Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.

1

Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)

Tuesday, 5 March 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.

2

Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 · Begins 6:32 AM (Sunrise)

Complete fast from sunrise to sunrise (water-only, fruits, or Nirjala as per capacity). Continuous prayer, chanting, and night vigil (Jāgaraṇa).

3

Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)

Thursday, 7 March 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:31 AM – 9:31 AM

Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.

Today's Sky (6 March 2024)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:32 AM95° E
Sunset6:29 PM265° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:54 AM119° ESE
Moonset2:26 PM242° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

8:01 AM – 9:31 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:06 PM – 12:54 PM

Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.

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