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Tuesday, 26 November 2024

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691 days agoFasting day

Utpanna Ekadasi

Utpannā Ekādaśī

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Bengaluru, India

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Ekādaśī Devī Dhyāna Vigraha
Śrī Ekādaśī Devī: Four-armed protective manifestation holding the divine cakra, śaṅkha, and sword of righteousness.

*Labelled Mārgashīrṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Pauṣa kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Tue · 26 Nov · 1:02 AM
Wed · 27 Nov · 3:48 AM
Wed · 27 Nov · 3:48 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Tue · 26 Nov · 6:23 AM
pāraṇa window
Wed · 27 Nov · 6:23 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)

Monday, 25 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 26, 2024 · Begins 6:23 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, 27 November 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:23 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 (26 November 2024)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:23 AM111° ESE
Sunset5:50 PM249° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:17 AM92° E
Moonset2:30 PM265° W
Rāhu Kāla

2:58 PM – 4:24 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:15 AM – 10:41 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:42 AM – 12:30 PM

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

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