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Friday, 16 December 1763

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Mokshada Ekadasi

Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

Friday, December 16, 1763

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

Thu · 15 Dec · 7:45 AM
Fri · 16 Dec · 10:17 AM
Fri · 16 Dec · 10:17 AM

The tithi begins on Thursday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.

The fast

at sunrise
Fri · 16 Dec · 6:57 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 17 Dec · 6:58 AM – 9:48 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 December 1763

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, December 16, 1763 · Begins 6:57 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 December 1763 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:58 AM – 9:48 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 December 1763)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:57 AM114° ESE
Sunset6:20 PM246° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:09 PM73° ENE
Moonset3:18 AM284° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

11:13 AM – 12:39 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:29 PM – 4:54 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:15 PM – 1:03 PM

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

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