Kamika Ekadashi 2002 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Sun 4 Aug or Mon 5 Aug
Vrat · times in UTC+5
When is Kamika Ekadashi 2002 in Sevan?
Smarta
Sunday 4 August
Vaishnava
Monday 5 August
Shravana Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Ashadha Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 4 Aug in SevanParana time: when to break the fast?
Smarta · Monday 5 August
Vaishnava · Tuesday 6 August
Kamika Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
Smarta
- Sunday 4 August
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06:59Fast beginsat sunrise
- Monday 5 August
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12:50–21:10Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention
Vaishnava
- Monday 5 August
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07:00Fast beginsat sunrise
- Tuesday 6 August
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05:25–06:21Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention
Why is Kamika Ekadashi on Sun 4 Aug or Mon 5 Aug in Sevan?
Smarta · For Smartas, Kamika Ekadashi is on Sun 4 Aug: Ekadashi holds sunrise that day. Vaishnavas fast on Mon 5 Aug.
Dashami until 06:51, inside arunodaya; Ekadashi at sunrise. Ekadashi: 06:51 to 07:00 Mon.
Ekadashi holds arunodaya only until 07:00; then Dwadashi. Ekadashi: 06:51 Sun to 07:00.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+5). Band: the tithi. Box: Arunodaya. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.
Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Sun 4 Aug only, at 06:59: Sun 4 Aug.
Vaishnavas test arunodaya, the 96 minutes before sunrise. On Sun 4 Aug Dashami lasts until 06:51, inside arunodaya (05:23–06:59), so that Ekadashi is pierced. Ekadashi ends at 07:00, so Vaishnavas fast on Mon 5 Aug: Mon 5 Aug.
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Mon 5 Aug, 12:50–21:10 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 07:00 on Mon 5 Aug to 06:21 on Tue 6 Aug; harivasara ends at 12:50. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 21:10: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 09:50, which here ends before harivasara does.
Vaishnava · Tue 6 Aug, 05:25–06:21 (from arunodaya, Tithika’s convention)
Dwadashi ends at 06:21 on Tue 6 Aug, after arunodaya begins (05:25) and before sunrise (07:01). When Dwadashi is short, the Nirnayasindhu, citing the Matsya, brings parana forward to dawn, before Dwadashi ends. Tithika starts it at arunodaya: Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Shravana Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Ashadha 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).