Apara Ekadasi
Aparā Ekādaśī
Friday, May 11, 2018
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Āshāḍha kṛṣṇa in pūrṇimānta. Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa under amānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Thu · 10 May · 11:28 PM
- Fri · 11 May · 11:41 PM
- Fri · 11 May · 11:41 PM
- Thu
- 10 May
- 11:28 PM
- Fri
- 11 May
- 11:41 PM
- Fri
- 11 May
- 11:41 PM
The tithi begins on Thursday afternoon. At that day’s , is still prevailing: so the fast follows the next day, when reaches sunrise.
The fast
- at sunrise
- Fri · 11 May · 5:55 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat · 12 May · 5:54 AM – 9:05 AM
- at sunrise
- Fri
- 11 May
- 5:55 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat
- 12 May
- 5:54 AM – 9:05 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)
Thursday, 10 May 2018
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)
Friday, May 11, 2018 · Begins 5:55 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)
Saturday, 12 May 2018 · Pāraṇā Window: 5:54 AM – 9:05 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
10:40 AM – 12:16 PM
3:26 PM – 5:01 PM
11:52 AM – 12:40 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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