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Monday, 7 December 1981

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16387 days agoFasting day

Mokshada Ekadasi

Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

Monday, December 7, 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

Mon · 7 Dec · 6:51 AM
Tue · 8 Dec · 4:21 AM
Tue · 8 Dec · 4:21 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Mon · 7 Dec · 6:28 AM
pāraṇa window
Tue · 8 Dec · 6:29 AM – 9:20 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, 6 December 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, December 7, 1981 · Begins 6:28 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, 8 December 1981 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:29 AM – 9:20 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 (7 December 1981)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:28 AM113° ESE
Sunset5:53 PM247° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:32 PM87° E
Moonset2:09 AM270° W
Rāhu Kāla

7:54 AM – 9:19 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

10:45 AM – 12:11 PM

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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