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Varuthini Ekadasi

Varūthinī Ekādaśī

Monday, May 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 Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Sun · 4 May · 8:24 AM
Mon · 5 May · 7:01 AM
Mon · 5 May · 7:01 AM

The tithi begins on Sunday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.

The fast

at sunrise
Mon · 5 May · 6:20 AM
pāraṇa window
Tue · 6 May · 6:20 AM – 6:21 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)

Sunday, 4 May 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)

Monday, May 5, 1766 · Begins 6:20 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)

Tuesday, 6 May 1766 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:20 AM – 6:21 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 May 1766)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:20 AM73° ENE
Sunset6:58 PM287° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:28 AM90° E
Moonset3:53 PM273° W
Rāhu Kāla

7:55 AM – 9:29 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

11:04 AM – 12:39 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

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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