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Sunday, 21 March 1982

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16282 days agoFasting day

Papamochani Ekadasi

Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī

Sunday, March 21, 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 Chaitra kṛṣṇa in amānta. Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Sat · 20 Mar · 4:24 PM
Sun · 21 Mar · 5:43 PM
Sun · 21 Mar · 5:43 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Sun · 21 Mar · 6:23 AM
pāraṇa window
Mon · 22 Mar · 6:22 AM – 9:24 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)

Saturday, 20 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)

Sunday, March 21, 1982 · Begins 6:23 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)

Monday, 22 March 1982 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:22 AM – 9:24 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 (21 March 1982)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:23 AM90° E
Sunset6:30 PM270° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:18 AM111° ESE
Moonset3:03 PM250° WSW
Rāhu Kāla

4:59 PM – 6:30 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

12:27 PM – 1:57 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:03 PM – 12:51 PM

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

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