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Tuesday, 20 April 1982

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16252 days agoFasting day

Varuthini Ekadasi

Varūthinī Ekādaśī

Tuesday, April 20, 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 Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Mon · 19 Apr · 9:31 AM
Tue · 20 Apr · 9:28 AM
Tue · 20 Apr · 9:28 AM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Tue · 20 Apr · 6:04 AM
pāraṇa window
Wed · 21 Apr · 6:03 AM – 8:36 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)

Monday, 19 April 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)

Tuesday, April 20, 1982 · Begins 6:04 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)

Wednesday, 21 April 1982 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:03 AM – 8:36 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 (20 April 1982)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:04 AM78° ENE
Sunset6:32 PM282° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise3:26 AM102° ESE
Moonset3:29 PM260° W
Rāhu Kāla

3:25 PM – 4:59 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:11 AM – 10:45 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:54 AM – 12:42 PM

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

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