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Apara Ekadashi 2033 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Tue 24 May or Wed 25 May

Vrat · times in UTC+4

When is Apara Ekadashi 2033 in Sevan?

Smarta

Tuesday 24 May

Vaishnava

Wednesday 25 May

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

Full panchang for Tue 24 May in Sevan

Parana time: when to break the fast?

Smarta · Wednesday 25 May

Parana time
07:28–20:18
12 h 50 min · Tithika’s convention

Vaishnava · Thursday 26 May

Parana time
05:34–20:19
14 h 45 min · Tithika’s convention

Apara Ekadashi timings: fast, parana

Smarta

  • Tuesday 24 May
  • 05:36Fast beginsat sunrise
  • Wednesday 25 May
  • 07:28–20:18Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention

Vaishnava

  • Wednesday 25 May
  • 05:35Fast beginsat sunrise
  • Thursday 26 May
  • 05:34–20:19Parana 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 Tue 24 May or Wed 25 May in Sevan?

Smarta · For Smartas, Apara Ekadashi is on Tue 24 May: Ekadashi holds sunrise that day. Vaishnavas fast on Wed 25 May.

Dashami until 04:47, inside arunodaya; Ekadashi at sunrise. Ekadashi: 04:47 to 02:09 Wed.

Ekadashi ended at 02:09; arunodaya is Dwadashi. Ekadashi: 04:47 Tue to 02:09.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Arunodaya. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.

Smarta

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Tue 24 May only, at 05:36: Tue 24 May.

Vaishnava

Vaishnavas test arunodaya, the 96 minutes before sunrise. On Tue 24 May Dashami lasts until 04:47, inside arunodaya (04:00–05:36), so that Ekadashi is pierced. Ekadashi ends at 02:09, so Vaishnavas fast on Wed 25 May: Wed 25 May.

Breaking the fast

Smarta · Wed 25 May, 07:28–20:18 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)

Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 02:09 on Wed 25 May to 23:24 on Wed 25 May; harivasara ends at 07:28. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 20:18: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 08:32.

Vaishnava · Thu 26 May, 05:34–20:19 (Trayodashi, sunrise to sunset: Tithika’s convention)

Dwadashi ends at 23:24 Wed on Thu 26 May, in the night, before arunodaya (03:58): Tithika counts a Dwadashi that ended in the night as absent, its convention. With no Dwadashi, the Nirnayasindhu has parana on Trayodashi: from sunrise, 05:34, to sunset, 20:19, 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).