Devshayani Ekadashi 2000 in Diffa, Niger Parana time 11:51–18:40, Wed 12 Jul
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When is Devshayani Ekadashi 2000 in Diffa?
Parana time: when to break the fast?
Wednesday 12 July
Devshayani Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
- Tuesday 11 July
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05:49Fast beginsat sunrise
- Wednesday 12 July
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11:51–18:40Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention
Why is Devshayani Ekadashi on Tue 11 Jul in Diffa?
Devshayani Ekadashi is on Tue 11 Jul: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 03:36 to 05:19 Wed.
Ekadashi holds arunodaya only until 05:19; then Dwadashi. Ekadashi: 03:36 Tue to 05:19.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). Band: the tithi. Box: Arunodaya. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.
Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Tue 11 Jul only, at 05:49: Tue 11 Jul. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 03:36, before it (04:13–05:49).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Wed 12 Jul, 11:51–18:40 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 05:19 on Wed 12 Jul to 07:26 on Thu 13 Jul; harivasara ends at 11:51. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 18:40: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 08:23, which here ends before harivasara does.
The rule
Ashadha 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).