Varuthini Ekadasi
Varūthinī Ekādaśī
Thursday, April 30, 1981
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Thu · 30 Apr · 1:51 AM
- Thu · 30 Apr · 11:42 PM
- Thu · 30 Apr · 11:42 PM
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- 30 Apr
- 1:51 AM
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- 30 Apr
- 11:42 PM
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- 30 Apr
- 11:42 PM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Thu · 30 Apr · 5:59 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri · 1 May · 5:58 AM – 9:07 AM
- at sunrise
- Thu
- 30 Apr
- 5:59 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri
- 1 May
- 5:58 AM – 9:07 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, 29 April 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)
Thursday, April 30, 1981 · Begins 5:59 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, 1 May 1981 · Pāraṇā Window: 5:58 AM – 9:07 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
1:51 PM – 3:25 PM
5:59 AM – 7:33 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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