Saphala Ekadashi 1981 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra 2 dates in 1981
Maharashtra, India
Vrat · times in IST
When is Saphala Ekadashi 1981 in Pāthardi?
Twice in 1981
Friday 2 January
Pausha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Margashirsha Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 2 Jan in PāthardiMonday 21 December
Pausha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Margashirsha Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 21 Dec in PāthardiParana time: when to break the fast?
Saturday 3 January
Tuesday 22 December
Saphala Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
Fri 2 Jan
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07:03Fast beginsat sunrise
- Saturday 3 January
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07:03–10:25Parana timeto break the fast
Mon 21 Dec
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06:57Fast beginsat sunrise
- Tuesday 22 December
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11:57–17:56Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention
Why does Saphala Ekadashi fall on these dates?
A lunar date comes about 11 days earlier each year, until an extra lunar month (adhika) moves it later again. One falling early in January can move back into the December before, so a year can have two, and the next year none.
Why Fri 2 Jan?
Saphala Ekadashi is on Fri 2 Jan: Ekadashi and Dwadashi both grow, so Smartas take the later day, and its arunodaya is free of Dashami.
Dashami until 06:20, inside arunodaya; Ekadashi at sunrise. Ekadashi: 06:20 to 08:35 Fri.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 06:20 Thu to 08:35.
Dwadashi: 08:35 Fri to 10:25, longer than its day: it grows too.
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 both sunrises, 07:02 on Thu 1 Jan and 07:03 on Fri 2 Jan. Ekadashi (06:20 Thu 1 Jan to 08:35 Fri 2 Jan) and Dwadashi (08:35 Fri 2 Jan to 10:25 Sat 3 Jan) are both longer than their day; when both grow, Smartas take the later day: Fri 2 Jan. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: on Thu 1 Jan Dashami lasts until 06:20, inside it (05:26–07:02); on Fri 2 Jan Ekadashi holds all of it.
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Sat 3 Jan, 07:03–10:25
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 08:35 on Fri 2 Jan to 10:25 on Sat 3 Jan; harivasara ends at 15:03 Fri. So parana runs from sunrise on Sat 3 Jan, 07:03.
Why Mon 21 Dec?
Saphala Ekadashi is on Mon 21 Dec: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 03:00 to 05:19 Tue.
Ekadashi ended at 05:19; arunodaya is Dwadashi. Ekadashi: 03:00 Mon to 05:19.
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 Mon 21 Dec only, at 06:57: Mon 21 Dec. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 03:00, before it (05:21–06:57).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Tue 22 Dec, 11:57–17:56 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 05:19 on Tue 22 Dec to 07:52 on Wed 23 Dec; harivasara ends at 11:57. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 17:56: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 09:10, which here ends before harivasara does.
The rule
Pausha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Margashirsha 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).