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Friday, 19 February 1982

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16312 days agoFasting day

Vijaya Ekadasi

Vijayā Ekādaśī

Friday, February 19, 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.

*Labelled Phālguna kṛṣṇa in amānta. Chaitra kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Thu · 18 Feb · 8:20 PM
Fri · 19 Feb · 10:41 PM
Fri · 19 Feb · 10:41 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Fri · 19 Feb · 6:40 AM
pāraṇa window
Sat · 20 Feb · 6:40 AM – 9:36 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)

Thursday, 18 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)

Friday, February 19, 1982 · Begins 6:40 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)

Saturday, 20 February 1982 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:40 AM – 9:36 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 (19 February 1982)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:40 AM102° ESE
Sunset6:26 PM259° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:59 AM112° ESE
Moonset2:39 PM247° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

11:05 AM – 12:33 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:30 PM – 4:58 PM

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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