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Tuesday, 21 January 1766

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95233 days agoFasting day

Jaya Ekadasi

Jayā Ekādaśī

Tuesday, January 21, 1766

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

Mon · 20 Jan · 7:03 PM
Tue · 21 Jan · 9:17 PM
Tue · 21 Jan · 9:17 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 · 21 Jan · 7:10 AM
pāraṇa window
Wed · 22 Jan · 7:10 AM – 10:02 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)

Monday, 20 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.

2

Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)

Tuesday, January 21, 1766 · Begins 7:10 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)

Wednesday, 22 January 1766 · Pāraṇā Window: 7:10 AM – 10:02 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 (21 January 1766)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise7:10 AM110° ESE
Sunset6:39 PM250° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:45 PM62° ENE
Moonset3:14 AM297° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

3:47 PM – 5:13 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

10:02 AM – 11:28 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:31 PM – 1:19 PM

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

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