Saphala Ekadasi
Saphalā Ekādaśī
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Pauṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Māgha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Wed · 25 Dec · 10:29 PM
- Fri · 27 Dec · 12:44 AM
- Fri · 27 Dec · 12:44 AM
- Wed
- 25 Dec
- 10:29 PM
- Fri
- 27 Dec
- 12:44 AM
- Fri
- 27 Dec
- 12:44 AM
The tithi begins on Wednesday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Thu · 26 Dec · 6:39 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri · 27 Dec · 6:39 AM – 9:30 AM
- at sunrise
- Thu
- 26 Dec
- 6:39 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri
- 27 Dec
- 6:39 AM – 9:30 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, 25 December 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, December 26, 2024 · Begins 6:39 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, 27 December 2024 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:39 AM – 9:30 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
1:45 PM – 3:10 PM
6:39 AM – 8:04 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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