Aja Ekadasi
Ajā Ekādaśī
Tuesday, August 20, 2272
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āśvina kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 19 Aug · 11:14 AM
- Tue · 20 Aug · 10:50 AM
- Tue · 20 Aug · 10:50 AM
- Mon
- 19 Aug
- 11:14 AM
- Tue
- 20 Aug
- 10:50 AM
- Tue
- 20 Aug
- 10:50 AM
The tithi begins on Monday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Tue · 20 Aug · 6:08 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed · 21 Aug · 6:08 AM – 9:15 AM
- at sunrise
- Tue
- 20 Aug
- 6:08 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed
- 21 Aug
- 6:08 AM – 9:15 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)
Monday, 19 August 2272
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)
Tuesday, August 20, 2272 · Begins 6:08 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)
Wednesday, 21 August 2272 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:08 AM – 9:15 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Siṁha Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Siṁha
Tuesday, 20 August 2272
The Sun crosses at 8:56 AM, your local time
The Sun enters Siṁha (Leo). In parts of the south it opens a month of special charity and offerings to the family deity.
What is done, A day for a bath in sacred water and dāna (charity) during the puṇya kāla, the auspicious window around the transit.
Tuesday, 20 August 2272 (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
In Śveta-varāha kalpa, Vaivasvata manvantara, and the first quarter of Kali-yuga, in the eternal presence of the Supreme Lord...
- Calendrical Time
शालिवाहन शके २१९४ · परिधावी संवत्सरे · दक्षिणायने · वर्षा ऋतौ
śālivāhana śake 2194 · Paridhāvin saṁvatsare · Dakṣiṇāyane · Varṣā ṛtau
In the sacred cycle of the Śaka era, current Jovian year (Saṁvatsara), solar transit (Ayana), and season (Ṛtu)...
- Astronomical Limb (Pañcāṅga) · पञ्चाङ्ग कालः
भाद्रपद मासे · कृष्ण पक्षे · एकादशी तिथौ · मङ्गल वासरे · आर्द्रा नक्षत्रे · वज्र योगे · बालव करणे
Bhādrapada māse · Kṛṣṇa pakṣe · Ekādaśī tithau · Maṅgala vāsare · Ārdrā nakṣatre · Vajra yoge · Bālava karaṇe
In this sacred lunar month, fortnight, lunar day, weekday, birth star, yoga, and karaṇa...
- Sacred Locality
जम्बूद्वीपे · भारतवर्षे*
jambū-dvīpe · bhārata-varṣe (India)
In Jambūdvīpa, the sacred land of Bhāratavarṣa (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
3:30 PM – 5:04 PM
9:15 AM – 10:49 AM
11:59 AM – 12:47 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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