Amalaki Ekadashi 2026 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Parana time 06:49–18:34, Sat 28 Feb
Maharashtra, India
Vrat · times in IST
When is Amalaki Ekadashi 2026 in Pāthardi?
Parana time: when to break the fast?
Saturday 28 February
Amalaki Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
- Friday 27 February
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06:50Fast beginsat sunrise
- Saturday 28 February
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06:49–18:34Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention
Why is Amalaki Ekadashi on Fri 27 Feb in Pāthardi?
Amalaki Ekadashi is on Fri 27 Feb: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 00:33 to 22:33.
Ekadashi ended at 22:33 Fri; arunodaya is Dwadashi.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Arunodaya. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.
Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Fri 27 Feb only, at 06:50: Fri 27 Feb. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 00:33, before it (05:14–06:50).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Sat 28 Feb, 06:49–18:34 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 22:33 on Fri 27 Feb to 20:43 on Sat 28 Feb; harivasara ends at 04:05. So parana runs from sunrise on Sat 28 Feb, 06:49. 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 09:10.
The rule
Phalguna Shukla Ekadashi
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).