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Wednesday, 31 July 2024

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809 days agoFasting day

Kamika Ekadasi

Kāmikā Ekādaśī

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Bengaluru, India

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Śrī Ekādaśī Devī in serene padmāsana dhyāna
Śrī Ekādaśī Devī: The divine protective energy of Lord Viṣṇu presiding over sacred fasting vows.

*Labelled Śrāvaṇa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Tue · 30 Jul · 4:45 PM
Wed · 31 Jul · 3:56 PM
Wed · 31 Jul · 3:56 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 · 31 Jul · 6:04 AM
pāraṇa window
Thu · 1 Aug · 6:05 AM – 9:15 AM

Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.

Authentic Śāstric Method

The 3-Day Observance Arc

Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.

1

Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)

Tuesday, 30 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.

2

Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)

Wednesday, July 31, 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).

3

Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)

Thursday, 1 August 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:05 AM – 9:15 AM

Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.

Today's Sky (31 July 2024)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:04 AM71° ENE
Sunset6:47 PM289° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:00 AM62° ENE
Moonset3:25 PM299° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

12:25 PM – 2:01 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

7:40 AM – 9:15 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

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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