Ekadashi Arrives Under a Watchful Ashlesha, 6 October 2026

Three things turned over since yesterday. Dashami became Ekadashi, Pushya gave way to Ashlesha, and Shiva yoga closed into Siddha. Read together they pull in two directions, so take the day in that order.

Ekadashi is Vishnu's tithi, the traditional fasting day of Krishna paksha. It holds all of Tuesday and runs out only at 00:36 after midnight. Keep the fast, or simply eat light and keep the morning clean.

Siddha yoga backs that instinct. The name means accomplished, and it favors what you want to finish: a commitment made, a practice resumed, a first step taken rather than rehearsed.

Ashlesha is the counterweight, the nakshatra of the Nagas, coiled and watchful. It asks for care in what you say and sign. Mercury rules it, so the risk sits in words and small print, not in grand gestures. Read the message twice before you send it. Ashlesha stays until 22:18, after which the caution eases.

The Moon is in its own sign Cancer under a Mars weekday, so feeling runs close to the surface. Let it inform you without letting it decide.

The day's inauspicious windows, Rahu Kaal and the rest, are tied to local sunrise and genuinely shift from city to city, so check them for where you are on the panchang tool.

A day reads one way for everyone and another way for you. Give me your birth date and AstroMedha draws your chart free, no account, then Chart Chat opens on it with two questions waiting. Or read the whole month, day by day: October 2026, read day by day.