Shattila Ekadasi
Ṣaṭtilā Ekādaśī
Tuesday, January 7, 1766
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Māgha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Phālguna kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 6 Jan · 11:29 PM
- Tue · 7 Jan · 9:05 PM
- Tue · 7 Jan · 9:05 PM
- Mon
- 6 Jan
- 11:29 PM
- Tue
- 7 Jan
- 9:05 PM
- Tue
- 7 Jan
- 9:05 PM
The tithi begins on Monday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Tue · 7 Jan · 7:07 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed · 8 Jan · 7:07 AM – 9:59 AM
- at sunrise
- Tue
- 7 Jan
- 7:07 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Wed
- 8 Jan
- 7:07 AM – 9:59 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)
Monday, 6 January 1766
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)
Tuesday, January 7, 1766 · Begins 7:07 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)
Wednesday, 8 January 1766 · Pāraṇā Window: 7:07 AM – 9:59 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
3:41 PM – 5:06 PM
9:58 AM – 11:24 AM
12:25 PM – 1:13 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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