Aja Ekadasi
Ajā Ekādaśī
Sunday, August 15, 1982
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āśvina kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Sat · 14 Aug · 11:15 PM
- Sun · 15 Aug · 8:29 PM
- Sun · 15 Aug · 8:29 PM
- Sat
- 14 Aug
- 11:15 PM
- Sun
- 15 Aug
- 8:29 PM
- Sun
- 15 Aug
- 8:29 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 · 15 Aug · 6:07 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon · 16 Aug · 6:07 AM – 9:15 AM
- at sunrise
- Sun
- 15 Aug
- 6:07 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon
- 16 Aug
- 6:07 AM – 9:15 AM
Many keep a stricter fast from sunset the evening before.
The 3-Day Observance Arc
Ekādaśī is a three-day discipline. Preparation begins on Daśamī.
Daśamī · Day of Preparation (Samyama)
Saturday, 14 August 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.
Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)
Sunday, August 15, 1982 · Begins 6:07 AM (Sunrise)
Complete fast from sunrise to sunrise (water-only, fruits, or Nirjala as per capacity). Continuous prayer, chanting, and night vigil (Jāgaraṇa).
Dvādaśī · Breaking the Fast (Pāraṇā)
Monday, 16 August 1982 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:07 AM – 9:15 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
5:06 PM – 6:41 PM
12:24 PM – 1:58 PM
12:00 PM – 12:48 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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