Saphala Ekadasi
Saphalā Ekādaśī
Tuesday, December 12, 2028
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Pauṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Māgha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 11 Dec · 5:33 PM
- Tue · 12 Dec · 3:13 PM
- Tue · 12 Dec · 3:13 PM
- Mon
- 11 Dec
- 5:33 PM
- Tue
- 12 Dec
- 3:13 PM
- Tue
- 12 Dec
- 3:13 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 · 12 Dec · 6:31 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed · 13 Dec · 6:32 AM – 9:23 AM
- at sunrise
- Tue
- 12 Dec
- 6:31 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed
- 13 Dec
- 6:32 AM – 9:23 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)
Monday, 11 December 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)
Tuesday, December 12, 2028 · Begins 6:31 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)
Wednesday, 13 December 2028 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:32 AM – 9:23 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
3:04 PM – 4:29 PM
9:22 AM – 10:48 AM
11:49 AM – 12:37 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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