Kamika Ekadasi
Kāmikā Ekādaśī
Tuesday, July 20, 2275
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Śrāvaṇa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 19 Jul · 5:31 PM
- Tue · 20 Jul · 3:48 PM
- Tue · 20 Jul · 3:48 PM
- Mon
- 19 Jul
- 5:31 PM
- Tue
- 20 Jul
- 3:48 PM
- Tue
- 20 Jul
- 3:48 PM
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 Jul · 6:02 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed · 21 Jul · 6:02 AM – 9:14 AM
- at sunrise
- Tue
- 20 Jul
- 6:02 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed
- 21 Jul
- 6:02 AM – 9:14 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 July 2275
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, July 20, 2275 · 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).
Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)
Wednesday, 21 July 2275 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:02 AM – 9:14 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Karka Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Karka
Tuesday, 20 July 2275
The Sun crosses at 7:00 PM, your local time
The Sun reaches its northern limit and turns south: Dakṣiṇāyana begins, the half-year held to be the "night of the gods." It is the counterpart of Makara Saṅkrānti and the start of the monsoon-season reckoning.
What is done, Kept with charity and the remembrance of ancestors (tarpaṇa); a turning-point for vows and the cāturmāsya season.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
3:38 PM – 5:14 PM
9:14 AM – 10:50 AM
12:02 PM – 12:50 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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