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Saturday, 8 February 2025

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617 days agoFasting day

Jaya Ekadasi

Jayā Ekādaśī

Saturday, February 8, 2025

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

Fri · 7 Feb · 9:26 PM
Sat · 8 Feb · 8:16 PM
Sat · 8 Feb · 8:16 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 · 8 Feb · 6:44 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 9 Feb · 6:43 AM – 9:38 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)

Friday, 7 February 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.

2

Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)

Saturday, February 8, 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).

3

Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)

Sunday, 9 February 2025 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:43 AM – 9:38 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 (8 February 2025)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:44 AM105° ESE
Sunset6:23 PM255° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:31 PM61° ENE
Moonset2:59 AM299° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

9:38 AM – 11:06 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

2:01 PM – 3:28 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:09 PM – 12:57 PM

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

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