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Wednesday, 3 December 1980

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Utpanna Ekadasi

Utpannā Ekādaśī

Wednesday, December 3, 1980

Bengaluru, India

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Ekādaśī Devī Dhyāna Vigraha
Śrī Ekādaśī Devī: Four-armed protective manifestation holding the divine cakra, śaṅkha, and sword of righteousness.

*Labelled Mārgashīrṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Pauṣa kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Tue · 2 Dec · 9:12 AM
Wed · 3 Dec · 11:50 AM
Wed · 3 Dec · 11:50 AM

The tithi begins on Tuesday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.

The fast

at sunrise
Wed · 3 Dec · 6:26 AM
pāraṇa window
Thu · 4 Dec · 6:27 AM – 9:18 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, 2 December 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, December 3, 1980 · Begins 6:26 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, 4 December 1980 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:27 AM – 9:18 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 (3 December 1980)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:26 AM112° ESE
Sunset5:51 PM247° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:51 AM93° E
Moonset3:04 PM265° W
Rāhu Kāla

12:09 PM – 1:35 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

7:52 AM – 9:18 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:45 AM – 12:33 PM

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

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