Varuthini Ekadasi
Varūthinī Ekādaśī
Sunday, May 8, 2287
Bengaluru, India
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*Showing Smārta date – Sunday, May 8, 2287. Vaishnava observers fast Monday, May 9, 2287 →
Why do the two traditions differ? →
*Labelled Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Sun · 8 May · 5:25 AM
- Mon · 9 May · 6:00 AM
- Mon · 9 May · 6:00 AM
- Sun
- 8 May
- 5:25 AM
- Mon
- 9 May
- 6:00 AM
- Mon
- 9 May
- 6:00 AM
The fast
- at sunrise
- Sun · 8 May · 5:56 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon · 9 May · 6:00 AM – 9:06 AM
- at sunrise
- Sun
- 8 May
- 5:56 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Mon
- 9 May
- 6:00 AM – 9:06 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, 7 May 2287
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, May 8, 2287 · Begins 5:56 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, 9 May 2287 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:00 AM – 9:06 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
5:01 PM – 6:36 PM
12:16 PM – 1:51 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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