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Saturday, 14 January 2288

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Putrada Ekadasi (Pausha)

Putradā Ekādaśī (Pauṣa)

Saturday, January 14, 2288

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

Sat · 14 Jan · 4:05 AM
Sun · 15 Jan · 6:09 AM
Sun · 15 Jan · 6:09 AM

The fast

at sunrise
Sat · 14 Jan · 6:44 AM
pāraṇa window
Sun · 15 Jan · 6:44 AM – 9:36 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)

Friday, 13 January 2288

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)

Saturday, January 14, 2288 · Begins 6:44 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)

Sunday, 15 January 2288 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:44 AM – 9:36 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 (14 January 2288)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:44 AM112° ESE
Sunset6:11 PM248° WSW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:00 PM65° ENE
Moonset2:24 AM294° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

9:36 AM – 11:01 AM

Yamagaṇḍa

1:53 PM – 3:19 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

12:03 PM – 12:51 PM

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

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