Aja Ekadasi
Ajā Ekādaśī
Wednesday, August 16, 2028
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āśvina kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Wed · 16 Aug · 5:12 AM
- Thu · 17 Aug · 3:49 AM
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The fast
- at sunrise
- Wed · 16 Aug · 6:07 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu · 17 Aug · 6:07 AM – 9:15 AM
- at sunrise
- Wed
- 16 Aug
- 6:07 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu
- 17 Aug
- 6:07 AM – 9:15 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)
Tuesday, 15 August 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)
Wednesday, August 16, 2028 · Begins 6:07 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)
Thursday, 17 August 2028 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:07 AM – 9:15 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Siṁha Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Siṁha
Wednesday, 16 August 2028
The Sun crosses at 8:28 PM, your local time
The Sun enters Siṁha (Leo). In parts of the south it opens a month of special charity and offerings to the family deity.
What is done, A day for a bath in sacred water and dāna (charity) during the puṇya kāla, the auspicious window around the transit.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
12:23 PM – 1:57 PM
7:41 AM – 9:15 AM
11:59 AM – 12:47 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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