Parama Ekadashi 2012 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Parana time 06:38–10:29, Thu 13 Sep
Vrat · times in UTC+4
When is Parama Ekadashi 2012 in Sevan?
Parana time: when to break the fast?
Thursday 13 September
Parama Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
- Wednesday 12 September
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06:37Fast beginsat sunrise
- Thursday 13 September
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06:38–10:29Parana timeto break the fast
Why is Parama Ekadashi on Wed 12 Sep in Sevan?
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 09:53.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 09:53 Tue to 10:34.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). 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 06:37: Wed 12 Sep. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 09:53 Tue, before it (05:01–06:37).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Thu 13 Sep, 06:38–10:29
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 10:34 on Wed 12 Sep to 10:29 on Thu 13 Sep; harivasara ends at 16:33 Wed. So parana runs from sunrise on Thu 13 Sep, 06:38.
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).