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Tuesday, 4 March 2031

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Amalaki Ekadasi

Āmalakī Ekādaśī

Tuesday, March 4, 2031

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

Tue · 4 Mar · 4:04 AM
Wed · 5 Mar · 6:20 AM
Wed · 5 Mar · 6:20 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Tue · 4 Mar · 6:33 AM
pāraṇa window
Wed · 5 Mar · 6:33 AM – 9:32 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.

1

Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)

Monday, 3 March 2031

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)

Tuesday, March 4, 2031 · 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).

3

Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)

Wednesday, 5 March 2031 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:33 AM – 9:32 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 (4 March 2031)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:33 AM97° E
Sunset6:29 PM264° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:31 PM71° ENE
Moonset2:45 AM290° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

3:30 PM – 4:59 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:32 AM – 11:02 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:07 PM – 12:55 PM

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

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