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Saturday, 5 April 1766

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Papamochani Ekadasi

Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī

Saturday, April 5, 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.

*Labelled Chaitra kṛṣṇa in amānta. Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Sat · 5 Apr · 1:41 AM
Sat · 5 Apr · 11:32 PM
Sat · 5 Apr · 11:32 PM

The fast

at sunrise
Sat · 5 Apr · 6:36 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 6 Apr · 6:36 AM – 9:40 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, 4 April 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)

Saturday, April 5, 1766 · Begins 6:36 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, 6 April 1766 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:36 AM – 9:40 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 (5 April 1766)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:36 AM84° E
Sunset6:55 PM277° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:22 AM107° ESE
Moonset3:16 PM255° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

9:41 AM – 11:13 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

2:18 PM – 3:50 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:21 PM – 1:09 PM

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

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