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Friday, 26 January 2029

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Jaya Ekadasi

Jayā Ekādaśī

Friday, January 26, 2029

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.

Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.

From the pañchāṅga

Thu · 25 Jan · 4:50 PM
Fri · 26 Jan · 5:13 PM
Fri · 26 Jan · 5:13 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Fri · 26 Jan · 6:46 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 27 Jan · 6:46 AM – 9:39 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.

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Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)

Thursday, 25 January 2029

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)

Friday, January 26, 2029 · Begins 6:46 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)

Saturday, 27 January 2029 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:46 AM – 9:39 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 (26 January 2029)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:46 AM109° ESE
Sunset6:18 PM251° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:35 PM64° ENE
Moonset2:58 AM296° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

11:05 AM – 12:32 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:25 PM – 4:51 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:08 PM – 12:56 PM

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

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