Shattila Ekadasi
Ṣaṭtilā Ekādaśī
Wednesday, January 20, 1982
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Māgha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Phālguna kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Tue · 19 Jan · 11:07 PM
- Thu · 21 Jan · 1:49 AM
- Thu · 21 Jan · 1:49 AM
- Tue
- 19 Jan
- 11:07 PM
- Thu
- 21 Jan
- 1:49 AM
- Thu
- 21 Jan
- 1:49 AM
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 · 20 Jan · 6:46 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu · 21 Jan · 6:46 AM – 9:38 AM
- at sunrise
- Wed
- 20 Jan
- 6:46 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Thu
- 21 Jan
- 6:46 AM – 9:38 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)
Tuesday, 19 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Wednesday, January 20, 1982 · Begins 6:46 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)
Thursday, 21 January 1982 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:46 AM – 9:38 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
12:30 PM – 1:56 PM
8:12 AM – 9:38 AM
12:06 PM – 12:54 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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