Aja Ekadasi
Ajā Ekādaśī
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āśvina kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Thu · 29 Aug · 1:20 AM
- Fri · 30 Aug · 1:38 AM
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- 29 Aug
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The fast
- at sunrise
- Thu · 29 Aug · 6:08 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri · 30 Aug · 6:08 AM – 9:14 AM
- at sunrise
- Thu
- 29 Aug
- 6:08 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri
- 30 Aug
- 6:08 AM – 9:14 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)
Wednesday, 28 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Thursday, August 29, 2024 · Begins 6:08 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)
Friday, 30 August 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:08 AM – 9:14 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
1:53 PM – 3:26 PM
6:08 AM – 7:41 AM
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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