Amalaki Ekadashi 2020 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Thu 5 Mar or Fri 6 Mar

Why is Amalaki Ekadashi on Thu 5 Mar or Fri 6 Mar in Ipameri?

Smarta · For Smartas, Amalaki Ekadashi is on Thu 5 Mar: Ekadashi holds sunrise that day. Vaishnavas fast on Fri 6 Mar.

Breaking the fast

Smarta · Fri 6 Mar, 08:42–18:34 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)

Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 03:17 on Fri 6 Mar to 00:59 on Sat 7 Mar; harivasara ends at 08:42. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 18:34: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 08:41, which here ends before harivasara does.

Vaishnava · Sat 7 Mar, 06:13–18:33 (Trayodashi, sunrise to sunset: Tithika’s convention)

Dwadashi ends at 00:59 on Sat 7 Mar, in the night, before arunodaya (04:37): Tithika counts a Dwadashi that ended in the night as absent, its convention. With no Dwadashi, the Nirnayasindhu has parana on Trayodashi: from sunrise, 06:13, to sunset, 18:33, since parana is a day act: Tithika’s convention.