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Tuesday, 12 November 2024

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705 days agoFasting day

Prabodhini Ekadasi

Prabodhinī Ekādaśī

Tuesday, November 12, 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

Mon · 11 Nov · 6:47 PM
Tue · 12 Nov · 4:05 PM
Tue · 12 Nov · 4:05 PM

The tithi begins on Monday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.

The fast

at sunrise
Tue · 12 Nov · 6:16 AM
pāraṇa window
Wed · 13 Nov · 6:17 AM – 9:10 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)

Monday, 11 November 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)

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 · Begins 6:16 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)

Wednesday, 13 November 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:17 AM – 9:10 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 (12 November 2024)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:16 AM108° ESE
Sunset5:50 PM252° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:59 PM90° E
Moonset2:30 AM267° W
Rāhu Kāla

2:57 PM – 4:23 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:10 AM – 10:37 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

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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