Nirjala Ekadasi
Nirjalā Ekādaśī
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Wed · 24 Jun · 6:12 PM
- Thu · 25 Jun · 8:09 PM
- Thu · 25 Jun · 8:09 PM
- Wed
- 24 Jun
- 6:12 PM
- Thu
- 25 Jun
- 8:09 PM
- Thu
- 25 Jun
- 8:09 PM
The tithi begins on Wednesday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Thu · 25 Jun · 5:55 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri · 26 Jun · 5:55 AM – 9:09 AM
- at sunrise
- Thu
- 25 Jun
- 5:55 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri
- 26 Jun
- 5:55 AM – 9:09 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)
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
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)
Thursday, June 25, 2026 · Begins 5:55 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)
Friday, 26 June 2026 · Pāraṇā Window: 5:55 AM – 9:09 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
1:58 PM – 3:35 PM
5:55 AM – 7:32 AM
11:58 AM – 12:46 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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