Apara Ekadasi
Aparā Ekādaśī
Thursday, May 16, 2289
Bengaluru, India
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*Labelled Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa in amānta. Āshāḍha kṛṣṇa under pūrṇimānta →
From the pañchāṅga
- Wed · 15 May · 11:29 PM
- Thu · 16 May · 9:00 PM
- Thu · 16 May · 9:00 PM
- Wed
- 15 May
- 11:29 PM
- Thu
- 16 May
- 9:00 PM
- Thu
- 16 May
- 9:00 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 · 16 May · 5:54 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri · 17 May · 5:54 AM – 9:05 AM
- at sunrise
- Thu
- 16 May
- 5:54 AM
- pāraṇa window
- Fri
- 17 May
- 5:54 AM – 9:05 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)
Wednesday, 15 May 2289
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)
Thursday, May 16, 2289 · Begins 5:54 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)
Friday, 17 May 2289 · Pāraṇā Window: 5:54 AM – 9:05 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
1:52 PM – 3:27 PM
5:54 AM – 7:29 AM
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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