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Friday, 16 August 2024

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793 days agoFasting day

Putrada Ekadasi (Shravana)

Putradā Ekādaśī (Śrāvaṇa)

Friday, August 16, 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.

Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.

From the pañchāṅga

Thu · 15 Aug · 10:27 AM
Fri · 16 Aug · 9:40 AM
Fri · 16 Aug · 9:40 AM

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 · 16 Aug · 6:07 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 17 Aug · 6:07 AM – 8:06 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)

Thursday, 15 August 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)

Friday, August 16, 2024 · Begins 6:07 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)

Saturday, 17 August 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:07 AM – 8:06 AM

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

SaṅkrāntiWorship · no fast

Siṁha Saṅkrānti

The Sun enters Siṁha

Friday, 16 August 2024

The Sun crosses at 7:44 PM, your local time

The Sun enters Siṁha (Leo). In parts of the south it opens a month of special charity and offerings to the family deity.

What is done, A day for a bath in sacred water and dāna (charity) during the puṇya kāla, the auspicious window around the transit.

All 12 Solar Transits→
Today's Sky (16 August 2024)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:07 AM76° ENE
Sunset6:40 PM284° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:49 PM119° ESE
Moonset2:18 AM241° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

10:49 AM – 12:23 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:31 PM – 5:06 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:59 AM – 12:47 PM

Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.

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