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Kamika Ekadasi

Kāmikā Ekādaśī

Monday, July 27, 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.

*Labelled Śrāvaṇa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Sun · 26 Jul · 9:05 PM
Mon · 27 Jul · 6:29 PM
Mon · 27 Jul · 6:29 PM

The tithi begins on Sunday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.

The fast

at sunrise
Mon · 27 Jul · 6:03 AM
pāraṇa window
Tue · 28 Jul · 6:03 AM – 9:14 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)

Sunday, 26 July 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)

Monday, July 27, 1981 · Begins 6:03 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)

Tuesday, 28 July 1981 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:03 AM – 9:14 AM

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

Today's Sky (27 July 1981)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:03 AM70° ENE
Sunset6:48 PM290° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:07 AM72° ENE
Moonset3:11 PM289° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

7:39 AM – 9:14 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

10:50 AM – 12:25 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:01 PM – 12:49 PM

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

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