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Tuesday, 18 November 1980

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Prabodhini Ekadasi

Prabodhinī Ekādaśī

Tuesday, November 18, 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

Tue · 18 Nov · 4:51 AM
Wed · 19 Nov · 2:04 AM
Wed · 19 Nov · 2:04 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Tue · 18 Nov · 6:19 AM
pāraṇa window
Wed · 19 Nov · 6:19 AM – 9:12 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)

Monday, 17 November 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)

Tuesday, November 18, 1980 · Begins 6:19 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)

Wednesday, 19 November 1980 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:19 AM – 9:12 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 (18 November 1980)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:19 AM110° ESE
Sunset5:50 PM250° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:44 PM93° E
Moonset2:09 AM265° W
Rāhu Kāla

2:57 PM – 4:23 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:12 AM – 10:38 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

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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