Panchang for Sunday, 3 January 2027
| Tithi | Ekadashi |
|---|---|
| Paksha | Krishna |
| Nakshatra | Vishakha, pada 2 |
| Yoga | Dhriti |
| Karana | Balava |
| Vara | Ravivara |
| Sunrise (Ujjain, IST) | 07:08 |
| Sunset (Ujjain, IST) | 17:53 |
Today's tithi is Ekadashi, in the Krishna paksha, the waning half of the lunar month. The Moon moves through Vishakha nakshatra, pada 2. The vara is Ravivara, and the panchang's remaining limbs are Dhriti yoga and Balava karana.
Ekadashi in Krishna paksha
Krishna Ekadashi is the eleventh tithi of the dark fortnight, the stretch from 300 to 312 degrees of separation, and like its counterpart in the bright fortnight it is kept as a fast in Vaishnava practice.
Ekadashi arrives twice each lunar month, so the observance is a fortnightly rhythm rather than an annual one. Each of the twenty four has its own name and its own regional customs, and the ones in the dark fortnight are generally quieter than their bright fortnight partners, which suits the phase.
The tithi is in the Nanda group with the first and the sixth, and the traditional deities are the Vishvedevas. Classically the fast covers more than food: what is said, what is consumed and how the day is spent, broken at a defined window on the following tithi rather than at any convenient moment.
The Moon fits the practice. It is a thin waning crescent by now, rising two or three hours before the Sun and visible mainly to people already awake. A pause that arrives whether or not you want one is the tradition's own answer to a life that never schedules its own gaps.