Prabodhini Ekadasi
Prabodhinī Ekādaśī
Friday, November 16, 2029
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Thu · 15 Nov · 9:19 PM
- Fri · 16 Nov · 11:28 PM
- Fri · 16 Nov · 11:28 PM
- Thu
- 15 Nov
- 9:19 PM
- Fri
- 16 Nov
- 11:28 PM
- Fri
- 16 Nov
- 11:28 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 · 16 Nov · 6:18 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat · 17 Nov · 6:18 AM – 9:11 AM
- at sunrise
- Fri
- 16 Nov
- 6:18 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat
- 17 Nov
- 6:18 AM – 9:11 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)
Thursday, 15 November 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Friday, November 16, 2029 · Begins 6:18 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)
Saturday, 17 November 2029 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:18 AM – 9:11 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Vṛścika
Friday, 16 November 2029
The Sun crosses at 2:11 PM, your local time
The Sun enters Vṛścika (Scorpio), opening the Vṛścika month; in Kerala it begins the pilgrimage season to Śabarimala.
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
10:37 AM – 12:04 PM
2:57 PM – 4:23 PM
11:40 AM – 12:28 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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