Parama Ekadashi 2012 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Parana time 06:16–11:59, Thu 13 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Vrat · times in IST
When is Parama Ekadashi 2012 in Pāthardi?
Parana time: when to break the fast?
Thursday 13 September
Parama Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
- Wednesday 12 September
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06:16Fast beginsat sunrise
- Thursday 13 September
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06:16–11:59Parana timeto break the fast
Why is Parama Ekadashi on Wed 12 Sep in Pāthardi?
Parama Ekadashi is on Wed 12 Sep: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Dashami through all of arunodaya and at sunrise; Ekadashi begins at 11:23.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 11:23 Tue to 12:04.
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 Wed 12 Sep only, at 06:16: Wed 12 Sep. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 11:23 Tue, before it (04:40–06:16).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Thu 13 Sep, 06:16–11:59
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 12:04 on Wed 12 Sep to 11:59 on Thu 13 Sep; harivasara ends at 18:03 Wed. So parana runs from sunrise on Thu 13 Sep, 06:16.
The rule
Krishna Ekadashi of an adhika month
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).