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Aja Ekadashi 2028 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Wed 16 Aug or Thu 17 Aug

Maharashtra, India

Vrat · times in IST

When is Aja Ekadashi 2028 in Pāthardi?

Smarta

Wednesday 16 August

Vaishnava

Thursday 17 August

Bhadrapada Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)

Full panchang for Wed 16 Aug in Pāthardi

Parana time: when to break the fast?

Smarta · Thursday 17 August

Parana time
09:18–18:55
9 h 37 min · Tithika’s convention

Vaishnava · Friday 18 August

Parana time
06:10–18:54
12 h 44 min · Tithika’s convention

Aja Ekadashi timings: fast, parana

Smarta

  • Wednesday 16 August
  • 06:10Fast beginsat sunrise
  • Thursday 17 August
  • 09:18–18:55Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention

Vaishnava

  • Thursday 17 August
  • 06:10Fast beginsat sunrise
  • Friday 18 August
  • 06:10–18:54Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention
Open in TithikaSee Aja Ekadashi's date in each of your places, side by side.

Why is Aja Ekadashi on Wed 16 Aug or Thu 17 Aug in Pāthardi?

Smarta · For Smartas, Aja Ekadashi is on Wed 16 Aug: Ekadashi holds sunrise that day. Vaishnavas fast on Thu 17 Aug.

Dashami until 05:12, inside arunodaya; Ekadashi at sunrise. Ekadashi: 05:12 to 03:49 Thu.

Ekadashi ended at 03:49; arunodaya is Dwadashi. Ekadashi: 05:12 Wed to 03:49.

One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Arunodaya. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.

Smarta

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Wed 16 Aug only, at 06:10: Wed 16 Aug.

Vaishnava

Vaishnavas test arunodaya, the 96 minutes before sunrise. On Wed 16 Aug Dashami lasts until 05:12, inside arunodaya (04:34–06:10), so that Ekadashi is pierced. Ekadashi ends at 03:49, so Vaishnavas fast on Thu 17 Aug: Thu 17 Aug.

Breaking the fast

Smarta · Thu 17 Aug, 09:18–18:55 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)

Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 03:49 on Thu 17 Aug to 01:43 on Fri 18 Aug; harivasara ends at 09:18. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 18:55: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 08:43, which here ends before harivasara does.

Vaishnava · Fri 18 Aug, 06:10–18:54 (Trayodashi, sunrise to sunset: Tithika’s convention)

Dwadashi ends at 01:43 on Fri 18 Aug, in the night, before arunodaya (04:34): Tithika counts a Dwadashi that ended in the night as absent, its convention. With no Dwadashi, the Nirnayasindhu has parana on Trayodashi: from sunrise, 06:10, to sunset, 18:54, since parana is a day act: Tithika’s convention.

The rule

Bhadrapada Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)

The Ekadashi fast runs from sunrise until parana the next day.

Smarta
Ekadashi at sunrise; over two sunrises the first, or the second when Dwadashi grows too; with none, the day it is current (Nirnayasindhu).
Vaishnava
Ekadashi through arunodaya, the 96 minutes before sunrise, unpierced by Dashami; over two sunrises, the second.
Breaking the fast
on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara).