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Saturday, 20 September 1980

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Parivartini Ekadasi

Parivartinī Ekādaśī

Saturday, September 20, 1980

Bengaluru, India

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Lord Viṣṇu in serene Yoganidrā upon Ananta Śeṣanāga with Goddess Mahālakṣmī and Lord Brahmā in Kṣīrasāgara
Kṣīrasāgara: Lord Viṣṇu resting in tranquil Yoganidrā upon the coiled body of Ananta Śeṣanāga attended by Goddess Mahālakṣmī and Lord Brahmā, the sacred meditative icon for Parivartinī Ekādaśī.

Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.

From the pañchāṅga

Sat · 20 Sep · 7:09 AM
Sun · 21 Sep · 5:40 AM
Sun · 21 Sep · 5:40 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Sat · 20 Sep · 6:08 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 21 Sep · 6:08 AM – 9:10 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, 19 September 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)

Saturday, September 20, 1980 · Begins 6:08 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, 21 September 1980 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:08 AM – 9:10 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 (20 September 1980)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:08 AM89° E
Sunset6:17 PM271° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:53 PM109° ESE
Moonset1:48 AM250° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

9:10 AM – 10:41 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

1:44 PM – 3:15 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:48 AM – 12:36 PM

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

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