Varuthini Ekadasi
Varūthinī Ekādaśī
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Fri · 3 May · 11:24 PM
- Sat · 4 May · 8:39 PM
- Sat · 4 May · 8:39 PM
- Fri
- 3 May
- 11:24 PM
- Sat
- 4 May
- 8:39 PM
- Sat
- 4 May
- 8:39 PM
The tithi begins on Friday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Sat · 4 May · 5:57 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sun · 5 May · 5:57 AM – 9:06 AM
- at sunrise
- Sat
- 4 May
- 5:57 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sun
- 5 May
- 5:57 AM – 9:06 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)
Friday, 3 May 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)
Saturday, May 4, 2024 · Begins 5:57 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)
Sunday, 5 May 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 5:57 AM – 9:06 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
9:06 AM – 10:41 AM
1:51 PM – 3:25 PM
11:52 AM – 12:40 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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