Devshayani Ekadashi 2017 in Diffa, Niger Parana time 05:47–18:40, Wed 5 Jul
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When is Devshayani Ekadashi 2017 in Diffa?
Parana time: when to break the fast?
Wednesday 5 July
Devshayani Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
- Tuesday 4 July
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05:47Fast beginsat sunrise
- Wednesday 5 July
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05:47–18:40Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention
Why is Devshayani Ekadashi on Tue 4 Jul in Diffa?
Devshayani Ekadashi is on Tue 4 Jul: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 17:45 Mon to 19:59.
Ekadashi ended at 19:59 Tue; arunodaya is Dwadashi.
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 4 Jul only, at 05:47: Tue 4 Jul. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 17:45 Mon, before it (04:11–05:47).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Wed 5 Jul, 05:47–18:40 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 19:59 on Tue 4 Jul to 22:22 on Wed 5 Jul; harivasara ends at 02:35. So parana runs from sunrise on Wed 5 Jul, 05:47. 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 08:22.
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).