Saphala Ekadasi
Saphalā Ekādaśī
Thursday, January 1, 1981
Bengaluru, India
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*Showing Smārta date – Thursday, January 1, 1981. Vaishnava observers fast Friday, January 2, 1981 →
Why do the two traditions differ? →
*Labelled Pauṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Māgha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Thu · 1 Jan · 6:20 AM
- Fri · 2 Jan · 8:35 AM
- Fri · 2 Jan · 8:35 AM
- Thu
- 1 Jan
- 6:20 AM
- Fri
- 2 Jan
- 8:35 AM
- Fri
- 2 Jan
- 8:35 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Thu · 1 Jan · 6:41 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri · 2 Jan · 8:35 AM – 9:32 AM
- at sunrise
- Thu
- 1 Jan
- 6:41 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri
- 2 Jan
- 8:35 AM – 9:32 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, 31 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, January 1, 1981 · Begins 6:41 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, 2 January 1981 · Pāraṇā Window: 8:35 AM – 9:32 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
1:48 PM – 3:13 PM
6:41 AM – 8:06 AM
11:59 AM – 12:47 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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