Apara Ekadashi 2026 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Parana time 05:54–11:21, Thu 14 May
Maharashtra, India
Vrat · times in IST
When is Apara Ekadashi 2026 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 13 May
Jyeshtha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Vaishakha Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 13 May in PāthardiParana time: when to break the fast?
Thursday 14 May
Apara Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
- Wednesday 13 May
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05:55Fast beginsat sunrise
- Thursday 14 May
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05:54–11:21Parana timeto break the fast
Why is Apara Ekadashi on Wed 13 May in Pāthardi?
Apara Ekadashi is on Wed 13 May: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Dashami through all of arunodaya and at sunrise; Ekadashi begins at 14:52.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 14:52 Tue to 13:30.
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 Wed 13 May only, at 05:55: Wed 13 May. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 14:52 Tue, before it (04:19–05:55).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Thu 14 May, 05:54–11:21
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 13:30 on Wed 13 May to 11:21 on Thu 14 May; harivasara ends at 18:58 Wed. So parana runs from sunrise on Thu 14 May, 05:54.
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).