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Thursday, 4 February 1982

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16327 days agoFasting day

Jaya Ekadasi

Jayā Ekādaśī

Thursday, February 4, 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

Thu · 4 Feb · 2:27 AM
Thu · 4 Feb · 11:51 PM
Thu · 4 Feb · 11:51 PM

The fast

at sunrise
Thu · 4 Feb · 6:45 AM
pāraṇa window
Fri · 5 Feb · 6:45 AM – 9:39 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)

Wednesday, 3 February 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)

Thursday, February 4, 1982 · Begins 6:45 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)

Friday, 5 February 1982 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:45 AM – 9:39 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 (4 February 1982)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:45 AM107° ESE
Sunset6:21 PM254° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:29 PM69° ENE
Moonset2:38 AM290° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

2:00 PM – 3:27 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:45 AM – 8:12 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:09 PM – 12:57 PM

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

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