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Mohini Ekadasi

Mohinī Ekādaśī

Sunday, May 17, 2274

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

Sat · 16 May · 1:16 PM
Sun · 17 May · 1:35 PM
Sun · 17 May · 1:35 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 · 17 May · 5:54 AM
pāraṇa window
Mon · 18 May · 5:53 AM – 9:05 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)

Saturday, 16 May 2274

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)

Sunday, May 17, 2274 · Begins 5:54 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)

Monday, 18 May 2274 · Pāraṇā Window: 5:53 AM – 9:05 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 (17 May 2274)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise5:54 AM70° ENE
Sunset6:38 PM290° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:15 PM96° E
Moonset2:42 AM266° W
Rāhu Kāla

5:03 PM – 6:38 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

12:16 PM – 1:52 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:52 AM – 12:40 PM

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

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