Mokshada Ekadasi
Mokṣadā Ekādaśī
Sunday, December 16, 2029
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Sat · 15 Dec · 4:40 PM
- Sun · 16 Dec · 7:18 PM
- Sun · 16 Dec · 7:18 PM
- Sat
- 15 Dec
- 4:40 PM
- Sun
- 16 Dec
- 7:18 PM
- Sun
- 16 Dec
- 7:18 PM
The tithi begins on Saturday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Sun · 16 Dec · 6:33 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon · 17 Dec · 6:34 AM – 9:25 AM
- at sunrise
- Sun
- 16 Dec
- 6:33 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon
- 17 Dec
- 6:34 AM – 9:25 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)
Saturday, 15 December 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)
Sunday, December 16, 2029 · Begins 6:33 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)
Monday, 17 December 2029 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:34 AM – 9:25 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Dhanu Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Dhanu
Sunday, 16 December 2029
The Sun crosses at 4:50 AM, your local time
The Sun enters Dhanu (Sagittarius), beginning Dhanurmāsa, the month of Margazhi, especially dear to Viṣṇu, kept with early-morning worship and song (the Tiruppāvai). Ordinary auspicious ceremonies are paused for the month.
What is done, Worship before dawn through the month; the Āṇḍāḷ and Tiruppāvai verses are sung in the south.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
4:31 PM – 5:56 PM
12:15 PM – 1:40 PM
11:51 AM – 12:39 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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