Shattila Ekadasi
Ṣaṭtilā Ekādaśī
Saturday, January 31, 1981
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Māgha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Phālguna kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Sat · 31 Jan · 3:18 AM
- Sun · 1 Feb · 4:40 AM
- Sun · 1 Feb · 4:40 AM
- Sat
- 31 Jan
- 3:18 AM
- Sun
- 1 Feb
- 4:40 AM
- Sun
- 1 Feb
- 4:40 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Sat · 31 Jan · 6:45 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sun · 1 Feb · 6:45 AM – 9:39 AM
- at sunrise
- Sat
- 31 Jan
- 6:45 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sun
- 1 Feb
- 6:45 AM – 9:39 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)
Friday, 30 January 1981
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)
Saturday, January 31, 1981 · Begins 6:45 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)
Sunday, 1 February 1981 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:45 AM – 9:39 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
9:39 AM – 11:06 AM
1:59 PM – 3:26 PM
12:09 PM – 12:57 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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