Varuthini Ekadasi
Varūthinī Ekādaśī
Sunday, April 17, 2270
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Sat · 16 Apr · 1:03 PM
- Sun · 17 Apr · 11:35 AM
- Sun · 17 Apr · 11:35 AM
- Sat
- 16 Apr
- 1:03 PM
- Sun
- 17 Apr
- 11:35 AM
- Sun
- 17 Apr
- 11:35 AM
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 · 17 Apr · 6:06 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon · 18 Apr · 6:05 AM – 9:12 AM
- at sunrise
- Sun
- 17 Apr
- 6:06 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon
- 18 Apr
- 6:05 AM – 9:12 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, 16 April 2270
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, April 17, 2270 · Begins 6:06 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, 18 April 2270 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:05 AM – 9:12 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Meṣa Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Meṣa
Sunday, 17 April 2270
The Sun crosses at 10:38 PM, your local time
The Sun enters Meṣa (Aries), the first sign of the zodiac, and the solar year begins again. Across the south and east this is the solar New Year, Viṣu in Kerala, Puthāṇḍu in Tamil Nadu, Vaiśākhī in the Punjab, Poila Boishakh in Bengal, Bohag Bihu in Assam, one transit kept under many names.
What is done, In Kerala the first thing seen on waking is the Viṣukkaṇi, an arrangement of auspicious things laid out the night before; elsewhere the day is kept with bathing, charity, and the new-year feast.
Sunday, 17 April (today, in the ancient reckoning)
- Cosmic Time
अद्य · श्वेतवराह कल्पे · वैवस्वत मन्वन्तरे · कलियुगे प्रथम पादे
adya · śveta-varāha kalpe · vaivasvata manvantare · kali-yuge prathama pāde
- Calendrical Time
शालिवाहन शके २१९२ · साधारण संवत्सरे · उत्तरायणे · वसन्त ऋत ौ
śālivāhana śake 2192 · Sādhāraṇa saṁvatsare · Uttarāyaṇe · Vasanta ṛtau
- Astronomical Limb (Pañcāṅga) · पञ्चाङ्ग कालः
वैशाख मासे · कृष्ण पक्षे · एकादशी तिथौ · भानु वासरे · शतभिषा नक्षत्रे · शुक्ल योगे · बालव करणे
Vaiśākha māse · Kṛṣṇa pakṣe · Ekādaśī tithau · Bhānu vāsare · Śatabhiṣā nakṣatre · Śukla yoge · Bālava karaṇe
- 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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
4:59 PM – 6:32 PM
12:19 PM – 1:52 PM
11:55 AM – 12:43 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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