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Wednesday, 23 July 1980

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16889 days agoFasting day

Devshayani Ekadasi

Devaśayanī Ekādaśī

Wednesday, July 23, 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

Wed · 23 Jul · 3:36 AM
Thu · 24 Jul · 4:16 AM
Thu · 24 Jul · 4:16 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Wed · 23 Jul · 6:02 AM
pāraṇa window
Thu · 24 Jul · 6:03 AM – 9:14 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)

Tuesday, 22 July 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)

Wednesday, July 23, 1980 · Begins 6:02 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)

Thursday, 24 July 1980 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:03 AM – 9:14 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 (23 July 1980)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:02 AM69° ENE
Sunset6:49 PM291° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:50 PM107° ESE
Moonset1:55 AM255° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

12:25 PM – 2:01 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

7:38 AM – 9:14 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:01 PM – 12:49 PM

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

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