Apara Ekadasi
Aparā Ekādaśī
Saturday, May 20, 2028
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āshāḍha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Fri · 19 May · 10:11 AM
- Sat · 20 May · 12:01 PM
- Sat · 20 May · 12:01 PM
- Fri
- 19 May
- 10:11 AM
- Sat
- 20 May
- 12:01 PM
- Sat
- 20 May
- 12:01 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 · 20 May · 5:53 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sun · 21 May · 5:52 AM – 9:04 AM
- at sunrise
- Sat
- 20 May
- 5:53 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sun
- 21 May
- 5:52 AM – 9:04 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, 19 May 2028
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, May 20, 2028 · Begins 5:53 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, 21 May 2028 · Pāraṇā Window: 5:52 AM – 9:04 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
9:04 AM – 10:40 AM
1:52 PM – 3:27 PM
11:52 AM – 12:40 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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