Apara Ekadasi
Aparā Ekādaśī
Wednesday, May 15, 1765
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āshāḍha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Tue · 14 May · 5:29 PM
- Wed · 15 May · 6:19 PM
- Wed · 15 May · 6:19 PM
- Tue
- 14 May
- 5:29 PM
- Wed
- 15 May
- 6:19 PM
- Wed
- 15 May
- 6:19 PM
The tithi begins on Tuesday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Wed · 15 May · 6:17 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu · 16 May · 6:16 AM – 9:28 AM
- at sunrise
- Wed
- 15 May
- 6:17 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu
- 16 May
- 6:16 AM – 9:28 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)
Tuesday, 14 May 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Wednesday, May 15, 1765 · Begins 6:17 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)
Thursday, 16 May 1765 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:16 AM – 9:28 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
12:39 PM – 2:14 PM
7:52 AM – 9:28 AM
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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