Saphala Ekadasi
Saphalā Ekādaśī
Sunday, January 9, 1983
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Pauṣa kṛṣṇa in amānta. Māgha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Sat · 8 Jan · 10:55 PM
- Mon · 10 Jan · 12:37 AM
- Mon · 10 Jan · 12:37 AM
- Sat
- 8 Jan
- 10:55 PM
- Mon
- 10 Jan
- 12:37 AM
- Mon
- 10 Jan
- 12:37 AM
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 · 9 Jan · 6:44 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon · 10 Jan · 6:44 AM – 9:35 AM
- at sunrise
- Sun
- 9 Jan
- 6:44 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon
- 10 Jan
- 6:44 AM – 9:35 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, 8 January 1983
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, January 9, 1983 · Begins 6:44 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, 10 January 1983 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:44 AM – 9:35 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
4:43 PM – 6:09 PM
12:26 PM – 1:52 PM
12:02 PM – 12:50 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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