Devshayani Ekadasi
Devaśayanī Ekādaśī
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Tue · 16 Jul · 8:34 PM
- Wed · 17 Jul · 9:03 PM
- Wed · 17 Jul · 9:03 PM
- Tue
- 16 Jul
- 8:34 PM
- Wed
- 17 Jul
- 9:03 PM
- Wed
- 17 Jul
- 9:03 PM
The tithi begins on Tuesday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Wed · 17 Jul · 6:01 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu · 18 Jul · 6:01 AM – 9:13 AM
- at sunrise
- Wed
- 17 Jul
- 6:01 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu
- 18 Jul
- 6:01 AM – 9:13 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, 16 July 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, July 17, 2024 · Begins 6:01 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, 18 July 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:01 AM – 9:13 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
12:25 PM – 2:01 PM
7:37 AM – 9:13 AM
12:01 PM – 12:49 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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