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Saturday, 6 March 1982

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16297 days agoFasting day

Amalaki Ekadasi

Āmalakī Ekādaśī

Saturday, March 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

Fri · 5 Mar · 10:35 AM
Sat · 6 Mar · 8:35 AM
Sat · 6 Mar · 8:35 AM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Sat · 6 Mar · 6:32 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 7 Mar · 6:32 AM – 6:40 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)

Friday, 5 March 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)

Saturday, March 6, 1982 · Begins 6:32 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)

Sunday, 7 March 1982 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:32 AM – 6:40 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 March 1982)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:32 AM96° E
Sunset6:29 PM264° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:19 PM69° ENE
Moonset3:31 AM292° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

9:32 AM – 11:01 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:07 PM – 12:55 PM

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

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