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Saturday, 17 July 1982

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16164 days agoFasting day

Kamika Ekadasi

Kāmikā Ekādaśī

Saturday, July 17, 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 Śrāvaṇa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Fri · 16 Jul · 4:53 PM
Sat · 17 Jul · 2:10 PM
Sat · 17 Jul · 2:10 PM

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 · 17 Jul · 6:01 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 18 Jul · 6:01 AM – 9:13 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, 16 July 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, July 17, 1982 · Begins 6:01 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, 18 July 1982 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:01 AM – 9:13 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 (17 July 1982)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:01 AM68° ENE
Sunset6:50 PM292° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:18 AM73° ENE
Moonset3:20 PM289° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

9:13 AM – 10:49 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

2:01 PM – 3:37 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:01 PM – 12:49 PM

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

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