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Friday, 25 April 1980

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16978 days agoFasting day

Mohini Ekadasi

Mohinī Ekādaśī

Friday, April 25, 1980

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

Fri · 25 Apr · 1:20 AM
Sat · 26 Apr · 3:55 AM
Sat · 26 Apr · 3:55 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Fri · 25 Apr · 6:01 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 26 Apr · 6:01 AM – 9:09 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, 24 April 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)

Friday, April 25, 1980 · Begins 6:01 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, 26 April 1980 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:01 AM – 9:09 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 (25 April 1980)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:01 AM76° ENE
Sunset6:33 PM284° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:51 PM81° E
Moonset2:47 AM280° W
Rāhu Kāla

10:43 AM – 12:17 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:25 PM – 4:59 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:53 AM – 12:41 PM

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

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