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Monday, 24 February 2025

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601 days agoFasting day

Vijaya Ekadasi

Vijayā Ekādaśī

Monday, February 24, 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.

*Labelled Phālguna kṛṣṇa in amānta. Chaitra kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Sun · 23 Feb · 1:56 PM
Mon · 24 Feb · 1:45 PM
Mon · 24 Feb · 1:45 PM

The tithi begins on Sunday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.

The fast

at sunrise
Mon · 24 Feb · 6:37 AM
pāraṇa window
Tue · 25 Feb · 6:37 AM – 9:35 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)

Sunday, 23 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)

Monday, February 24, 2025 · Begins 6:37 AM (Sunrise)

Complete fast from sunrise to sunrise (water-only, fruits, or Nirjala as per capacity). Continuous prayer, chanting, and night vigil (Jāgaraṇa).

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Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)

Tuesday, 25 February 2025 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:37 AM – 9:35 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 (24 February 2025)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:37 AM99° E
Sunset6:27 PM261° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:27 AM119° ESE
Moonset2:57 PM242° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

8:06 AM – 9:35 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

11:04 AM – 12:32 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:08 PM – 12:56 PM

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

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