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Wednesday, 2 January 1765

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Putrada Ekadasi (Pausha)

Putradā Ekādaśī (Pauṣa)

Wednesday, January 2, 1765

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

Wed · 2 Jan · 12:55 AM
Thu · 3 Jan · 3:33 AM
Thu · 3 Jan · 3:33 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Wed · 2 Jan · 7:06 AM
pāraṇa window
Thu · 3 Jan · 7:06 AM – 9:57 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)

Tuesday, 1 January 1765

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)

Wednesday, January 2, 1765 · Begins 7:06 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)

Thursday, 3 January 1765 · Pāraṇā Window: 7:06 AM – 9:57 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 (2 January 1765)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise7:06 AM113° ESE
Sunset6:29 PM247° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:32 PM68° ENE
Moonset2:50 AM290° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

12:47 PM – 2:13 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

8:31 AM – 9:56 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:23 PM – 1:11 PM

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

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