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Wednesday, 6 January 1982

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Putrada Ekadasi (Pausha)

Putradā Ekādaśī (Pauṣa)

Wednesday, January 6, 1982

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

Tue · 5 Jan · 5:25 PM
Wed · 6 Jan · 2:36 PM
Wed · 6 Jan · 2:36 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Wed · 6 Jan · 6:43 AM
pāraṇa window
Thu · 7 Jan · 6:43 AM – 9:34 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)

Tuesday, 5 January 1982

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)

Wednesday, January 6, 1982 · Begins 6:43 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)

Thursday, 7 January 1982 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:43 AM – 9:34 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 (6 January 1982)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:43 AM113° ESE
Sunset6:07 PM247° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:49 PM74° ENE
Moonset2:48 AM284° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

12:25 PM – 1:50 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

8:08 AM – 9:34 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:01 PM – 12:49 PM

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

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