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Tuesday, 18 July 2028

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Kamika Ekadasi

Kāmikā Ekādaśī

Tuesday, July 18, 2028

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 Śrāvaṇa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Mon · 17 Jul · 4:46 PM
Tue · 18 Jul · 4:26 PM
Tue · 18 Jul · 4:26 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Tue · 18 Jul · 6:01 AM
pāraṇa window
Wed · 19 Jul · 6:02 AM – 9:13 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)

Monday, 17 July 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.

2

Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)

Tuesday, July 18, 2028 · Begins 6:01 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)

Wednesday, 19 July 2028 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:02 AM – 9:13 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 (18 July 2028)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:01 AM68° ENE
Sunset6:49 PM292° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:00 AM65° ENE
Moonset3:18 PM296° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

3:37 PM – 5:13 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:13 AM – 10:49 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:01 PM – 12:49 PM

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

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