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Thursday, 14 May 1981

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16594 days agoFasting day

Mohini Ekadasi

Mohinī Ekādaśī

Thursday, May 14, 1981

Bengaluru, India

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Śrī Ekādaśī Devī in serene padmāsana dhyāna
Śrī Ekādaśī Devī: The divine protective energy of Lord Viṣṇu presiding over sacred fasting vows.

Same across Smārta and Vaishnava, amānta and pūrṇimānta.

From the pañchāṅga

Wed · 13 May · 6:22 PM
Thu · 14 May · 8:16 PM
Thu · 14 May · 8:16 PM

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 · 14 May · 5:54 AM
pāraṇa window
Fri · 15 May · 5:54 AM – 9:05 AM

Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.

Authentic Śāstric Method

The 3-Day Observance Arc

Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.

1

Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)

Wednesday, 13 May 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.

2

Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)

Thursday, May 14, 1981 · Begins 5:54 AM (Sunrise)

Complete fast from sunrise to sunrise (water-only, fruits, or Nirjala as per capacity). Continuous prayer, chanting, and night vigil (Jāgaraṇa).

3

Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)

Friday, 15 May 1981 · Pāraṇā Window: 5:54 AM – 9:05 AM

Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.

SaṅkrāntiWorship · no fast

Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti

The Sun enters Vṛṣabha

Thursday, 14 May 1981

The Sun crosses at 5:26 PM, your local time

The Sun enters Vṛṣabha (Taurus), opening the second solar month.

What is done, A day for a bath in sacred water and dāna (charity) during the puṇya kāla, the auspicious window around the transit.

All 12 Solar Transits→
Today's Sky (14 May 1981)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise5:54 AM71° ENE
Sunset6:37 PM289° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:07 PM87° E
Moonset2:52 AM275° W
Rāhu Kāla

1:51 PM – 3:26 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

5:54 AM – 7:29 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:51 AM – 12:39 PM

Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.

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