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Apara Ekadashi 2025 in Baoding, Hebei, China Fri 23 May or Sat 24 May

Vrat · times in CST

When is Apara Ekadashi 2025 in Baoding?

Smarta

Friday 23 May

Vaishnava

Saturday 24 May

Jyeshtha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Vaishakha Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)

Full panchang for Fri 23 May in Baoding

Parana time: when to break the fast?

Smarta · Saturday 24 May

Parana time
06:12–19:31
13 h 19 min · Tithika’s convention

Vaishnava · Sunday 25 May

Parana time
04:58–19:32
14 h 34 min · Tithika’s convention

Apara Ekadashi timings: fast, parana

Smarta

  • Friday 23 May
  • 04:59Fast beginsat sunrise
  • Saturday 24 May
  • 06:12–19:31Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention

Vaishnava

  • Saturday 24 May
  • 04:58Fast beginsat sunrise
  • Sunday 25 May
  • 04:58–19:32Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention
Open in TithikaSee Apara Ekadashi's date in each of your places, side by side.

Why is Apara Ekadashi on Fri 23 May or Sat 24 May in Baoding?

Smarta · For Smartas, Apara Ekadashi is on Fri 23 May: Ekadashi holds sunrise that day. Vaishnavas fast on Sat 24 May.

Dashami until 03:42, inside arunodaya; Ekadashi at sunrise. Ekadashi: 03:42 to 01:00 Sat.

Ekadashi ended at 01:00; arunodaya is Dwadashi. Ekadashi: 03:42 Fri to 01:00.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). Band: the tithi. Box: Arunodaya. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.

Smarta

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Fri 23 May only, at 04:59: Fri 23 May.

Vaishnava

Vaishnavas test arunodaya, the 96 minutes before sunrise. On Fri 23 May Dashami lasts until 03:42, inside arunodaya (03:23–04:59), so that Ekadashi is pierced. Ekadashi ends at 01:00, so Vaishnavas fast on Sat 24 May: Sat 24 May.

Breaking the fast

Smarta · Sat 24 May, 06:12–19:31 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)

Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 01:00 on Sat 24 May to 21:50 on Sat 24 May; harivasara ends at 06:12. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 19:31: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 07:53.

Vaishnava · Sun 25 May, 04:58–19:32 (Trayodashi, sunrise to sunset: Tithika’s convention)

Dwadashi ends at 21:50 Sat on Sun 25 May, in the night, before arunodaya (03:22): Tithika counts a Dwadashi that ended in the night as absent, its convention. With no Dwadashi, the Nirnayasindhu has parana on Trayodashi: from sunrise, 04:58, to sunset, 19:32, since parana is a day act: Tithika’s convention.

The rule

Jyeshtha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Vaishakha 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).