Putrada Ekadasi (Pausha)
Putradā Ekādaśī (Pauṣa)
Friday, January 10, 2025
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Thu · 9 Jan · 12:23 PM
- Fri · 10 Jan · 10:20 AM
- Fri · 10 Jan · 10:20 AM
- Thu
- 9 Jan
- 12:23 PM
- Fri
- 10 Jan
- 10:20 AM
- Fri
- 10 Jan
- 10:20 AM
The tithi begins on Thursday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Fri · 10 Jan · 6:44 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat · 11 Jan · 6:44 AM – 8:22 AM
- at sunrise
- Fri
- 10 Jan
- 6:44 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat
- 11 Jan
- 6:44 AM – 8:22 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)
Thursday, 9 January 2025
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)
Friday, January 10, 2025 · Begins 6:44 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)
Saturday, 11 January 2025 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:44 AM – 8:22 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
11:01 AM – 12:27 PM
3:18 PM – 4:44 PM
12:03 PM – 12:51 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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