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Monday, 10 March 2025

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587 days agoFasting day

Amalaki Ekadasi

Āmalakī Ekādaśī

Monday, March 10, 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

Sun · 9 Mar · 7:45 AM
Mon · 10 Mar · 7:45 AM
Mon · 10 Mar · 7:45 AM

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 · 10 Mar · 6:30 AM
pāraṇa window
Tue · 11 Mar · 6:29 AM – 8:14 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, 9 March 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, March 10, 2025 · Begins 6:30 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)

Tuesday, 11 March 2025 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:29 AM – 8:14 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 (10 March 2025)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:30 AM94° E
Sunset6:29 PM266° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:21 PM67° ENE
Moonset3:43 AM295° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

10:59 AM – 12:29 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:05 PM – 12:53 PM

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

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