Good day
I regularly observe ekadasi fasts based on the vaisnava calender. Iam fairly sensitive to subtle energy and have noticed over the years that grain foods also release subtle energy in your body after consumption. I believe its used to grow your subtle body. As the planets mars and jupiter interact with these energies as they rise and set each day,ive realised that as you get older sometimes this energy gets carried across into the next day especially if you take grain foods after noon. The current position of jupiter between Capricorn and Saggitarius may be unfavorable near ekadasis as jupiter is setting before noon. The last time it was here was in 1996. My concern is that if you ate grains the day before, the subtle energy will be carried into the ekadasi day based on the current astronomical configuration. So even if you fasted the whole ekadasi, your observance will be broken. It would in this case be safer to also eat non grain the day before the ekadasi if you older or much earlier depending on ones fire of digestion.
Any similar observations by others out there?
Thanks
:ponder:Chaven