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Saturday, 11 December 1982

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Utpanna Ekadasi

Utpannā Ekādaśī

Saturday, December 11, 1982

Bengaluru, India

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Ekādaśī Devī Dhyāna Vigraha
Śrī Ekādaśī Devī: Four-armed protective manifestation holding the divine cakra, śaṅkha, and sword of righteousness.

*Labelled Mārgashīrṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Pauṣa kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Fri · 10 Dec · 8:02 AM
Sat · 11 Dec · 8:27 AM
Sat · 11 Dec · 8:27 AM

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 · 11 Dec · 6:31 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 12 Dec · 6:31 AM – 9:22 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, 10 December 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, December 11, 1982 · Begins 6:31 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, 12 December 1982 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:31 AM – 9:22 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 (11 December 1982)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:31 AM113° ESE
Sunset5:54 PM247° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:58 AM96° E
Moonset3:06 PM261° W
Rāhu Kāla

9:21 AM – 10:47 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

1:38 PM – 3:03 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:48 AM – 12:36 PM

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

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