Papankusha Ekadasi
Pāpāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
Monday, October 20, 1980
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Sun · 19 Oct · 6:44 PM
- Mon · 20 Oct · 4:26 PM
- Mon · 20 Oct · 4:26 PM
- Sun
- 19 Oct
- 6:44 PM
- Mon
- 20 Oct
- 4:26 PM
- Mon
- 20 Oct
- 4:26 PM
The tithi begins on Sunday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Mon · 20 Oct · 6:10 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Tue · 21 Oct · 6:10 AM – 9:07 AM
- at sunrise
- Mon
- 20 Oct
- 6:10 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Tue
- 21 Oct
- 6:10 AM – 9:07 AM
Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.
The 3-Day Observance Arc
Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.
Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)
Sunday, 19 October 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Monday, October 20, 1980 · Begins 6:10 AM (Sunrise)
Complete fast from sunrise to sunrise (water-only, fruits, or Nirjala as per capacity). Continuous prayer, chanting, and night vigil (Jāgaraṇa).
Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)
Tuesday, 21 October 1980 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:10 AM – 9:07 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
7:38 AM – 9:07 AM
10:35 AM – 12:04 PM
11:40 AM – 12:28 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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