Papamochani Ekadasi
Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Chaitra kṛṣṇa in amānta. Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Tue · 31 Mar · 1:59 PM
- Wed · 1 Apr · 12:55 PM
- Wed · 1 Apr · 12:55 PM
- Tue
- 31 Mar
- 1:59 PM
- Wed
- 1 Apr
- 12:55 PM
- Wed
- 1 Apr
- 12:55 PM
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 · 1 Apr · 6:15 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu · 2 Apr · 6:15 AM – 9:19 AM
- at sunrise
- Wed
- 1 Apr
- 6:15 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu
- 2 Apr
- 6:15 AM – 9:19 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)
Tuesday, 31 March 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)
Wednesday, April 1, 1981 · Begins 6:15 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)
Thursday, 2 April 1981 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:15 AM – 9:19 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
12:23 PM – 1:55 PM
7:47 AM – 9:19 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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