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Saturday, 14 January 1764

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Putrada Ekadasi (Pausha)

Putradā Ekādaśī (Pauṣa)

Saturday, January 14, 1764

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 · 14 Jan · 5:13 AM
Sun · 15 Jan · 6:49 AM
Sun · 15 Jan · 6:49 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Sat · 14 Jan · 7:09 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 15 Jan · 7:09 AM – 10:01 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)

Friday, 13 January 1764

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)

Saturday, January 14, 1764 · Begins 7:09 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)

Sunday, 15 January 1764 · Pāraṇā Window: 7:09 AM – 10:01 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 (14 January 1764)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise7:09 AM112° ESE
Sunset6:35 PM248° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:26 PM66° ENE
Moonset2:47 AM292° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

10:00 AM – 11:26 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

2:18 PM – 3:44 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:28 PM – 1:16 PM

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

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