Shattila Ekadasi
Ṣaṭtilā Ekādaśī
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Māgha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Phālguna kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Fri · 24 Jan · 7:25 PM
- Sat · 25 Jan · 8:32 PM
- Sat · 25 Jan · 8:32 PM
- Fri
- 24 Jan
- 7:25 PM
- Sat
- 25 Jan
- 8:32 PM
- Sat
- 25 Jan
- 8:32 PM
The tithi begins on Friday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Sat · 25 Jan · 6:46 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sun · 26 Jan · 6:46 AM – 9:39 AM
- at sunrise
- Sat
- 25 Jan
- 6:46 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sun
- 26 Jan
- 6:46 AM – 9:39 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)
Friday, 24 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)
Saturday, January 25, 2025 · Begins 6:46 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)
Sunday, 26 January 2025 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:46 AM – 9:39 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
9:39 AM – 11:05 AM
1:58 PM – 3:24 PM
12:07 PM – 12:55 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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