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Friday, 16 March 2277

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Amalaki Ekadasi

Āmalakī Ekādaśī

Friday, March 16, 2277

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

Fri · 16 Mar · 6:49 AM
Sat · 17 Mar · 5:34 AM
Sat · 17 Mar · 5:34 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Fri · 16 Mar · 6:26 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 17 Mar · 6:25 AM – 9:26 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)

Thursday, 15 March 2277

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)

Friday, March 16, 2277 · Begins 6:26 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)

Saturday, 17 March 2277 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:25 AM – 9:26 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 (16 March 2277)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:26 AM92° E
Sunset6:30 PM269° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:32 PM73° ENE
Moonset2:38 AM288° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

10:57 AM – 12:28 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:29 PM – 4:59 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:04 PM – 12:52 PM

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

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