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Friday, 22 August 1980

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16859 days agoFasting day

Putrada Ekadasi (Shravana)

Putradā Ekādaśī (Śrāvaṇa)

Friday, August 22, 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

Thu · 21 Aug · 6:05 PM
Fri · 22 Aug · 5:38 PM
Fri · 22 Aug · 5:38 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 · 22 Aug · 6:07 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 23 Aug · 6:07 AM – 9:15 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, 21 August 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, August 22, 1980 · Begins 6:07 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, 23 August 1980 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:07 AM – 9:15 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 (22 August 1980)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:07 AM78° ENE
Sunset6:36 PM282° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:18 PM110° ESE
Moonset2:11 AM250° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

10:48 AM – 12:22 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:29 PM – 5:03 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:58 AM – 12:46 PM

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

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