Papankusha Ekadashi 2026 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Parana time 06:26–14:36, Fri 23 Oct
Maharashtra, India
Vrat · times in IST
When is Papankusha Ekadashi 2026 in Pāthardi?
Parana time: when to break the fast?
Friday 23 October
Papankusha Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
- Thursday 22 October
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06:25Fast beginsat sunrise
- Friday 23 October
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06:26–14:36Parana timeto break the fast
Why is Papankusha Ekadashi on Thu 22 Oct in Pāthardi?
Papankusha Ekadashi is on Thu 22 Oct: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Dashami through all of arunodaya and at sunrise; Ekadashi begins at 14:12.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 14:12 Wed to 14:48.
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 Thu 22 Oct only, at 06:25: Thu 22 Oct. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 14:12 Wed, before it (04:49–06:25).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Fri 23 Oct, 06:26–14:36
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 14:48 on Thu 22 Oct to 14:36 on Fri 23 Oct; harivasara ends at 20:45 Thu. So parana runs from sunrise on Fri 23 Oct, 06:26. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 08:44.
The rule
Ashwina 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).