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Friday, 23 October 1981

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16432 days agoFasting day

Rama Ekadasi

Ramā Ekādaśī

Friday, October 23, 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 Kārtika kṛṣṇa in amānta. Mārgashīrṣa kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Thu · 22 Oct · 7:53 PM
Fri · 23 Oct · 8:16 PM
Fri · 23 Oct · 8:16 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Fri · 23 Oct · 6:10 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 24 Oct · 6:11 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, 22 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 23, 1981 · Begins 6:10 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, 24 October 1981 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:11 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 (23 October 1981)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:10 AM101° ESE
Sunset5:56 PM258° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:25 AM76° ENE
Moonset3:12 PM281° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

10:35 AM – 12:03 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:00 PM – 4:28 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:39 AM – 12:27 PM

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

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