Those who fast the Mokshada Ekadashi should break the fast on December 15 between 7:06 AM and 9:10 AM.
The Mokshada Ekadashi fast will be held on Tuesday, December 14.
Mokshada Ekadashi 2021: The eleventh Monday of the two weeks of the waxing (rising) moon during Shukla Paksha of the Margashirsha/Agrahayana month according to the Hindu calendar is observed as Mokshada Ekadashi or Vaikuntha Ekadashi. According to the English calendar, it usually falls in December/January. The followers of Lord Vishnu fast on this day. The devotees also perform Shri Vishnu puja while singing hymns and reciting prayers.
Mokshada Ekadashi 2021: Tithi and Timing
According to the Panchang, the Ekadashi date of Shukla Paksha of the Margashirsha month this year started at 9:32 PM on Monday, December 13. Ekadashi Tithi is until 11:35 PM on December 14. The fast of Mokshada Ekadashi will be held on Tuesday, Dec 14, today. Those who fast the Mokshada Ekadashi should break the fast on December 15 between 7:06 AM and 9:10 AM.
Mokshada Ekadashi 2021: Meaning
According to Hindu scriptures, fasting on this day is equated with fasting on the rest of the Ekadashis in a year. Devotees continue to fast to attain liberation (Moksha) and to get rid of the cycle of rebirth, by reaching Vaikuntha Dham – the place of Lord Vishnu. Those who fast on Moksha Ekadashi from sunrise to sunrise the next day are blessed by Lord Vishnu to get rid of their sins and achieve moksha or liberation after death.
On the Ekadashi of Shukla Paksha of the month of Margashirsha, Lord Krishna had preached Gita to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra before the Mahabharata War started. The Moksha Ekadashi day is also observed as Gita Jayanti, which symbolizes the birth of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita, the Hindu sacred text.
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