Overview
- Devotees across India mark Varuthini Ekadashi on Monday, April 13, as a fast dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
- Fast-breaking on Tuesday, April 14, shows slight variance: News18 lists 6:54–8:53 am, Times Now gives 5:56–8:30 am, and Free Press Journal cites 6:54–8:26 am from Drik Panchang.
- Times Now highlights an auspicious puja window on April 13 from 6:12 am to 12:20 pm, and both outlets stress breaking the fast after sunrise during Dwadashi while avoiding Hari Vasara.
- Guidance across reports urges avoiding grains such as rice, eating sattvic foods, bathing the deity with Panchamrit and Gangajal, offering yellow flowers or clothes, lighting a ghee lamp, and including tulsi in worship.
- Coverage links the observance with major spiritual merit and retells legends of King Mandhata and King Dhundhumara, while also suggesting charity and simple remedies such as offering 11 yellow cowries for prosperity.