Nirjala Ekadasi
Nirjalā Ekādaśī
Monday, June 17, 2024
Bengaluru, India
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*Showing Smārta date – Monday, June 17, 2024. Vaishnava observers fast Tuesday, June 18, 2024 →
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 17 Jun · 4:44 AM
- Tue · 18 Jun · 6:25 AM
- Tue · 18 Jun · 6:25 AM
- Mon
- 17 Jun
- 4:44 AM
- Tue
- 18 Jun
- 6:25 AM
- Tue
- 18 Jun
- 6:25 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Mon · 17 Jun · 5:53 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Tue · 18 Jun · 6:25 AM – 9:07 AM
- at sunrise
- Mon
- 17 Jun
- 5:53 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Tue
- 18 Jun
- 6:25 AM – 9:07 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)
Sunday, 16 June 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)
Monday, June 17, 2024 · Begins 5:53 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)
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:25 AM – 9:07 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
7:30 AM – 9:07 AM
10:43 AM – 12:20 PM
11:56 AM – 12:44 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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