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Thursday, 1 July 1982

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Devshayani Ekadasi

Devaśayanī Ekādaśī

Thursday, July 1, 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 · 1 Jul · 1:29 AM
Fri · 2 Jul · 3:18 AM
Fri · 2 Jul · 3:18 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Thu · 1 Jul · 5:56 AM
pāraṇa window
Fri · 2 Jul · 5:57 AM – 9:10 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, 30 June 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, July 1, 1982 · Begins 5:56 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, 2 July 1982 · Pāraṇā Window: 5:57 AM – 9:10 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 (1 July 1982)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise5:56 AM66° ENE
Sunset6:49 PM294° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:52 PM103° ESE
Moonset2:08 AM260° W
Rāhu Kāla

1:59 PM – 3:36 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

5:56 AM – 7:33 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:59 AM – 12:47 PM

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

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