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Tuesday, 25 January 1983

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15972 days agoFasting day

Putrada Ekadasi (Pausha)

Putradā Ekādaśī (Pauṣa)

Tuesday, January 25, 1983

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

Mon · 24 Jan · 8:02 PM
Tue · 25 Jan · 5:39 PM
Tue · 25 Jan · 5:39 PM

The tithi begins on Monday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.

The fast

at sunrise
Tue · 25 Jan · 6:46 AM
pāraṇa window
Wed · 26 Jan · 6:46 AM – 9:39 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)

Monday, 24 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.

2

Ekādaśī · Day of Fast & Vigil (Vrata)

Tuesday, January 25, 1983 · Begins 6:46 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)

Wednesday, 26 January 1983 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:46 AM – 9:39 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 (25 January 1983)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:46 AM109° ESE
Sunset6:17 PM251° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:39 PM69° ENE
Moonset2:49 AM290° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

3:24 PM – 4:51 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

9:39 AM – 11:05 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:07 PM – 12:55 PM

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

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