Kamada Ekadasi
Kāmadā Ekādaśī
Friday, April 19, 2024
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Thu · 18 Apr · 5:32 PM
- Fri · 19 Apr · 8:05 PM
- Fri · 19 Apr · 8:05 PM
- Thu
- 18 Apr
- 5:32 PM
- Fri
- 19 Apr
- 8:05 PM
- Fri
- 19 Apr
- 8:05 PM
The tithi begins on Thursday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Fri · 19 Apr · 6:04 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat · 20 Apr · 6:03 AM – 9:11 AM
- at sunrise
- Fri
- 19 Apr
- 6:04 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat
- 20 Apr
- 6:03 AM – 9:11 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)
Thursday, 18 April 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)
Friday, April 19, 2024 · Begins 6:04 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)
Saturday, 20 April 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:03 AM – 9:11 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
10:45 AM – 12:18 PM
3:25 PM – 4:59 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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