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Friday, 9 October 1981

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Papankusha Ekadasi

Pāpāṅkuśā Ekādaśī

Friday, October 9, 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

Fri · 9 Oct · 3:48 AM
Sat · 10 Oct · 3:23 AM
Sat · 10 Oct · 3:23 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Fri · 9 Oct · 6:09 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 10 Oct · 6:09 AM – 9:07 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)

Thursday, 8 October 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)

Friday, October 9, 1981 · Begins 6:09 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)

Saturday, 10 October 1981 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:09 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.

Today's Sky (9 October 1981)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:09 AM96° E
Sunset6:04 PM264° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:02 PM107° ESE
Moonset2:02 AM252° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

10:37 AM – 12:06 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:05 PM – 4:35 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:42 AM – 12:30 PM

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

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