Saphala Ekadashi 2002 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia 2 dates in 2002

Vrat · times in UTC+4

When is Saphala Ekadashi 2002 in Sevan?

Twice in 2002

Wednesday 9 January

Pausha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Margashirsha Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)

Smarta · Vaishnava

Full panchang for Wed 9 Jan in Sevan

Monday 30 December

Pausha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Margashirsha Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)

Smarta · Vaishnava

Full panchang for Mon 30 Dec in Sevan

Parana time: when to break the fast?

Thursday 10 January

Parana time

08:23–15:37

7 h 14 min

Tuesday 31 December

Parana time

08:23–17:42

9 h 19 min · Tithika’s convention

Saphala Ekadashi timings: fast, parana

Wed 9 Jan

08:23Fast beginsat sunrise
Thursday 10 January
08:23–15:37Parana timeto break the fast

Mon 30 Dec

08:23Fast beginsat sunrise
Tuesday 31 December
08:23–17:42Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention

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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 Wed 9 Jan?

Saphala Ekadashi is on Wed 9 Jan: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.

Dashami through all of arunodaya and at sunrise; Ekadashi begins at 16:29.

Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 16:29 Tue to 15:50.

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 9 Jan only, at 08:23: Wed 9 Jan. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 16:29 Tue, before it (06:47–08:23).

Breaking the fast

Smarta · Vaishnava · Thu 10 Jan, 08:23–15:37

Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 15:50 on Wed 9 Jan to 15:37 on Thu 10 Jan; harivasara ends at 21:47 Wed. So parana runs from sunrise on Thu 10 Jan, 08:23. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 10:16.

Why Mon 30 Dec?

Saphala Ekadashi is on Mon 30 Dec: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.

Dashami through all of arunodaya and at sunrise; Ekadashi begins at 11:05.

Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 11:05 Sun to 08:45.

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 Mon 30 Dec only, at 08:23: Mon 30 Dec. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 11:05 Sun, before it (06:47–08:23).

Breaking the fast

Smarta · Vaishnava · Tue 31 Dec, 08:23–17:42 (Trayodashi, sunrise to sunset: Tithika’s convention)

Dwadashi ends at 06:25 on Tue 31 Dec, in the night, before arunodaya (06:47): Tithika counts a Dwadashi that ended in the night as absent, its convention. With no Dwadashi, the Nirnayasindhu has parana on Trayodashi: from sunrise, 08:23, to sunset, 17:42, since parana is a day act: Tithika’s convention.

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).