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Devshayani Ekadasi

Devaśayanī Ekādaśī

Friday, July 18, 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

Thu · 17 Jul · 9:13 PM
Fri · 18 Jul · 7:05 PM
Fri · 18 Jul · 7:05 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Fri · 18 Jul · 6:24 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 19 Jul · 6:24 AM – 9:36 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)

Thursday, 17 July 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)

Friday, July 18, 1766 · Begins 6:24 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)

Saturday, 19 July 1766 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:24 AM – 9:36 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 (18 July 1766)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:24 AM68° ENE
Sunset7:12 PM292° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:36 PM117° ESE
Moonset2:12 AM245° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

11:12 AM – 12:48 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

4:00 PM – 5:36 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:24 PM – 1:12 PM

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

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