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Thursday, 17 December 2071

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Saphala Ekadasi

Saphalā Ekādaśī

Thursday, December 17, 2071

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.

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

From the pañchāṅga

Wed · 16 Dec · 2:12 PM
Thu · 17 Dec · 2:02 PM
Thu · 17 Dec · 2:02 PM

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

The fast

at sunrise
Thu · 17 Dec · 6:34 AM
pāraṇa window
Fri · 18 Dec · 6:34 AM – 9:25 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)

Wednesday, 16 December 2071

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)

Thursday, December 17, 2071 · Begins 6:34 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)

Friday, 18 December 2071 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:34 AM – 9:25 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 (17 December 2071)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:34 AM114° ESE
Sunset5:56 PM246° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:47 AM99° E
Moonset2:51 PM259° W
Rāhu Kāla

1:40 PM – 3:06 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:34 AM – 7:59 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:51 AM – 12:39 PM

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

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