Rama Ekadasi
Ramā Ekādaśī
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Bengaluru, India
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*Showing Smārta date – Sunday, October 27, 2024. Vaishnava observers fast Monday, October 28, 2024 →
Why do the two traditions differ? →
*Labelled Kārtika kṛṣṇa in amānta. Mārgashīrṣa kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Sun · 27 Oct · 5:24 AM
- Mon · 28 Oct · 7:51 AM
- Mon · 28 Oct · 7:51 AM
- Sun
- 27 Oct
- 5:24 AM
- Mon
- 28 Oct
- 7:51 AM
- Mon
- 28 Oct
- 7:51 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Sun · 27 Oct · 6:11 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon · 28 Oct · 7:51 AM – 9:07 AM
- at sunrise
- Sun
- 27 Oct
- 6:11 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon
- 28 Oct
- 7:51 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)
Saturday, 26 October 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)
Sunday, October 27, 2024 · Begins 6:11 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)
Monday, 28 October 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 7:51 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
4:27 PM – 5:54 PM
12:03 PM – 1:31 PM
11:39 AM – 12:27 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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