Shattila Ekadasi
Ṣaṭtilā Ekādaśī
Friday, January 15, 2072
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Māgha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Phālguna kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Fri · 15 Jan · 3:27 AM
- Sat · 16 Jan · 4:25 AM
- Sat · 16 Jan · 4:25 AM
- Fri
- 15 Jan
- 3:27 AM
- Sat
- 16 Jan
- 4:25 AM
- Sat
- 16 Jan
- 4:25 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Fri · 15 Jan · 6:45 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat · 16 Jan · 6:45 AM – 9:37 AM
- at sunrise
- Fri
- 15 Jan
- 6:45 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Sat
- 16 Jan
- 6:45 AM – 9:37 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, 14 January 2072
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, January 15, 2072 · Begins 6:45 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, 16 January 2072 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:45 AM – 9:37 AM
Morning bath, offer charity (dāna) to the needy or Brahmins, and break the fast strictly within the pāraṇā window before Dvādaśī ends.
Makara Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Makara
Friday, 15 January 2072
The Sun crosses at 10:13 AM, your local time
The Sun reaches its southern limit and turns north: Uttarāyaṇa begins, the most auspicious turn of the year. Kept as Makara Saṅkrānti across the north, Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Lohri in the Punjab, Magh Bihu in Assam, Uttarāyaṇ in Gujarat, the great harvest festival. In the Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma held back his death on the arrow-bed to leave his body once Uttarāyaṇa had come.
What is done, A pre-dawn bath (the Gaṅgā-snāna and the Kumbha bathing are timed to it), sesame-and-jaggery (til-gud) shared with the words "speak sweetly," charity, and the harvest feast, Pongal cooked till it boils over, for plenty.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
11:02 AM – 12:28 PM
3:20 PM – 4:46 PM
12:04 PM – 12:52 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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