Saphala Ekadasi
Saphalā Ekādaśī
Monday, December 21, 1981
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Pauṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Māgha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Mon · 21 Dec · 3:00 AM
- Tue · 22 Dec · 5:19 AM
- Tue · 22 Dec · 5:19 AM
- Mon
- 21 Dec
- 3:00 AM
- Tue
- 22 Dec
- 5:19 AM
- Tue
- 22 Dec
- 5:19 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Mon · 21 Dec · 6:36 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Tue · 22 Dec · 6:36 AM – 9:27 AM
- at sunrise
- Mon
- 21 Dec
- 6:36 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Tue
- 22 Dec
- 6:36 AM – 9:27 AM
Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.
The 3-Day Observance Arc
Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.
Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)
Sunday, 20 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Monday, December 21, 1981 · Begins 6:36 AM (Sunrise)
Complete fast from sunrise to sunrise (water-only, fruits, or Nirjala as per capacity). Continuous prayer, chanting, and night vigil (Jāgaraṇa).
Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)
Tuesday, 22 December 1981 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:36 AM – 9:27 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
8:01 AM – 9:27 AM
10:52 AM – 12:17 PM
11:53 AM – 12:41 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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