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Thursday, 24 September 1981

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Indira Ekadasi

Indirā Ekādaśī

Thursday, September 24, 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 Āśvina kṛṣṇa in amānta. Kārtika kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Wed · 23 Sep · 9:43 AM
Thu · 24 Sep · 8:57 AM
Thu · 24 Sep · 8:57 AM

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 · 24 Sep · 6:08 AM
pāraṇa window
Fri · 25 Sep · 6:08 AM – 8:32 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, 23 September 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, September 24, 1981 · Begins 6:08 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, 25 September 1981 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:08 AM – 8:32 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 (24 September 1981)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:08 AM90° E
Sunset6:14 PM270° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:40 AM71° ENE
Moonset3:41 PM288° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

1:42 PM – 3:13 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:08 AM – 7:39 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:47 AM – 12:35 PM

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

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