Skip to main content

Tuesday, 12 February 1980

17051 days ago · back to today
17051 days agoFasting day

Vijaya Ekadasi

Vijayā Ekādaśī

Tuesday, February 12, 1980

Bengaluru, India

change
Śrī Ekādaśī Devī in serene padmāsana dhyāna
Śrī Ekādaśī Devī: The divine protective energy of Lord Viṣṇu presiding over sacred fasting vows.

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

From the pañchāṅga

Tue · 12 Feb · 1:56 AM
Wed · 13 Feb · 12:52 AM
Wed · 13 Feb · 12:52 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Tue · 12 Feb · 6:43 AM
pāraṇa window
Wed · 13 Feb · 6:43 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)

Monday, 11 February 1980

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, February 12, 1980 · Begins 6:43 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, 13 February 1980 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:43 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 (12 February 1980)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:43 AM104° ESE
Sunset6:24 PM256° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:42 AM109° ESE
Moonset2:32 PM251° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

3:29 PM – 4:56 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:38 AM – 11:06 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:09 PM – 12:57 PM

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

Found an error?

ekadasi.day has no ads and no popups. If a date, name, or story reads wrong, please write, accuracy matters more than reach.

mrvi@post.com →·Other ways to help