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Thursday, 23 August 2288

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Ajā Ekādaśī

Thursday, August 23, 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.

*Labelled Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āśvina kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →

From the pañchāṅga

Wed · 22 Aug · 2:10 PM
Thu · 23 Aug · 4:31 PM
Thu · 23 Aug · 4:31 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 · 23 Aug · 6:08 AM
pāraṇa window
Fri · 24 Aug · 6:08 AM – 9:15 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, 22 August 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)

Thursday, August 23, 2288 · Begins 6:08 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, 24 August 2288 · Pāraṇā Window: 6:08 AM – 9:15 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 (23 August 2288)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:08 AM78° ENE
Sunset6:36 PM282° WNW
Candra · Moon
Moonrise2:13 AM64° ENE
Moonset3:29 PM295° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

1:55 PM – 3:29 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

6:08 AM – 7:41 AM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:58 AM – 12:46 PM

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

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