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Saturday, 23 April 2264

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Varuthini Ekadasi

Varūthinī Ekādaśī

Saturday, April 23, 2264

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.

*Labelled Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Sat · 23 Apr · 3:14 AM
Sun · 24 Apr · 1:02 AM
Sun · 24 Apr · 1:02 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Sat · 23 Apr · 6:02 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 24 Apr · 6:02 AM – 9:10 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)

Friday, 22 April 2264

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)

Saturday, April 23, 2264 · Begins 6:02 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)

Sunday, 24 April 2264 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:02 AM – 9:10 AM

Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.

सङ्कल्पः·SAṄKALPAḤ

Saturday, 23 April (today, in the ancient reckoning)

  1. Cosmic Time

    अद्य · श्वेतवराह कल्पे · वैवस्वत मन्वन्तरे · कलियुगे प्रथम पादे

    adya · śveta-varāha kalpe · vaivasvata manvantare · kali-yuge prathama pāde

  2. Calendrical Time

    शालिवाहन शके २१८६ · क्रोधी संवत्सरे · उत्तरायणे · वसन्त ऋतौ

    śālivāhana śake 2186 · Krodhin saṁvatsare · Uttarāyaṇe · Vasanta ṛtau

  3. Astronomical Limb (Pañcāṅga) · पञ्चाङ्ग कालः

    वैशाख मासे · कृष्ण पक्षे · एकादशी तिथौ · शनि वासरे · शतभिषा नक्षत्रे · शुक्ल योगे · बव करणे

    Vaiśākha māse · Kṛṣṇa pakṣe · Ekādaśī tithau · Śani vāsare · Śatabhiṣā nakṣatre · Śukla yoge · Bava karaṇe

  4. Sacred Locality

    जम्बूद्वीपे · भारतवर्षे*

    jambū-dvīpe · bhārata-varṣe (India)

*The locality lines (jambū-dvīpe bhārata-varṣe): India is shown by default; spoken aloud you substitute your own region and town.

Vedic Understanding

What You Just Read: The Three Frames of Time

The saṅkalpa places the moment in three nested dimensions—cosmic, calendrical, and astronomical—so the seeker knows exactly when and where they stand in eternity.

I

Cosmic Time (Eternal Scale)

Cosmic time doesn’t change with where you read this. Śveta-varāha is the present kalpa (~4.32 billion years). Vaivasvata is the current manvantara. Kali-yuga prathama pāda places us in the first quarter of the dark age. Identical whether recited in Bengaluru, Mumbai, London, or New York.

II

Calendrical Time (Solar & Seasonal Cycles)

Calendrical time tracks the present era and season: the Śaka era (from 78 CE), the 60-year Jovian saṁvatsara cycle, Uttarāyaṇa or Dakṣiṇāyana (solar transit), and the bi-monthly ṛtu (season).

III

Astronomical Time (The Five Limbs of Pañchāṅga)

Astronomical time is the immediate daily rhythm: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (fortnight), tithi (lunar day), vāra (solar weekday), nakṣatra (moon constellation), yoga, and karaṇa.

Local Sunrise Reckoning & Daily Purpose

All values above are calculated for your local sunrise. The day traditionally belongs to whichever tithi prevailed at sunrise.

The saṅkalpa is the daily (nitya) opening of sacred life. Recited each morning, it re-anchors you in awareness of eternity and dedicates your actions with resolve.

Today's Sky (23 April 2264)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:02 AM77° ENE
Sunset6:33 PM283° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:56 AM106° ESE
Moonset2:54 PM257° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

9:10 AM – 10:44 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

1:51 PM – 3:25 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:54 AM – 12:42 PM

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

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