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Sunday, 8 November 1981

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Prabodhini Ekadasi

Prabodhinī Ekādaśī

Sunday, November 8, 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

Sat · 7 Nov · 6:20 PM
Sun · 8 Nov · 4:41 PM
Sun · 8 Nov · 4:41 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Sun · 8 Nov · 6:15 AM
pāraṇa window
Mon · 9 Nov · 6:15 AM – 9:09 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)

Saturday, 7 November 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)

Sunday, November 8, 1981 · Begins 6:15 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)

Monday, 9 November 1981 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:15 AM – 9:09 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 (8 November 1981)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:15 AM107° ESE
Sunset5:51 PM253° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:11 PM95° E
Moonset2:32 AM262° W
Rāhu Kāla

4:24 PM – 5:51 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

12:03 PM – 1:30 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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