Mokshada Ekadasi
Mokṣadā Ekādaśī
Thursday, December 18, 1980
Bengaluru, India
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Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.
From the pañchāṅga
- Wed · 17 Dec · 1:46 PM
- Thu · 18 Dec · 11:00 AM
- Thu · 18 Dec · 11:00 AM
- Wed
- 17 Dec
- 1:46 PM
- Thu
- 18 Dec
- 11:00 AM
- Thu
- 18 Dec
- 11:00 AM
The tithi begins on Wednesday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Thu · 18 Dec · 6:35 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri · 19 Dec · 6:35 AM – 8:03 AM
- at sunrise
- Thu
- 18 Dec
- 6:35 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri
- 19 Dec
- 6:35 AM – 8:03 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)
Wednesday, 17 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Thursday, December 18, 1980 · Begins 6:35 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)
Friday, 19 December 1980 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:35 AM – 8:03 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
1:41 PM – 3:06 PM
6:35 AM – 8:00 AM
11:52 AM – 12:40 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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