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Saturday, 16 August 1766

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Putrada Ekadasi (Shravana)

Putradā Ekādaśī (Śrāvaṇa)

Saturday, August 16, 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

Sat · 16 Aug · 5:37 AM
Sun · 17 Aug · 2:56 AM
Sun · 17 Aug · 2:56 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Sat · 16 Aug · 6:30 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 17 Aug · 6:30 AM – 9:38 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, 15 August 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, August 16, 1766 · Begins 6:30 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, 17 August 1766 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:30 AM – 9:38 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 (16 August 1766)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:30 AM76° ENE
Sunset7:03 PM284° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:27 PM118° ESE
Moonset1:56 AM242° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

9:38 AM – 11:12 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

2:21 PM – 3:55 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:22 PM – 1:10 PM

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

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