Amalaki Ekadasi
Āmalakī Ekādaśī
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Wed · 20 Mar · 12:22 AM
- Thu · 21 Mar · 2:23 AM
- Thu · 21 Mar · 2:23 AM
- Wed
- 20 Mar
- 12:22 AM
- Thu
- 21 Mar
- 2:23 AM
- Thu
- 21 Mar
- 2:23 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Wed · 20 Mar · 6:23 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu · 21 Mar · 6:22 AM – 9:24 AM
- at sunrise
- Wed
- 20 Mar
- 6:23 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu
- 21 Mar
- 6:22 AM – 9:24 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)
Tuesday, 19 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 · Begins 6:23 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)
Thursday, 21 March 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:22 AM – 9:24 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
12:27 PM – 1:57 PM
7:54 AM – 9:25 AM
12:03 PM – 12:51 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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