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Saphala Ekadashi 2005 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia 2 dates in 2005

Vrat · times in UTC+4

When is Saphala Ekadashi 2005 in Sevan?

Twice in 2005

Smarta

Thursday 6 January

Vaishnava

Friday 7 January

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

Full panchang for Thu 6 Jan in Sevan

Tuesday 27 December

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

Smarta · Vaishnava

Full panchang for Tue 27 Dec in Sevan

Parana time: when to break the fast?

Smarta · Friday 7 January

Parana time
11:08–17:49
6 h 41 min · Tithika’s convention

Vaishnava · Saturday 8 January

Parana time
08:23–17:50
9 h 27 min · Tithika’s convention

Wednesday 28 December

Parana time
08:22–14:04
5 h 42 min

Saphala Ekadashi timings: fast, parana

Thu 6 Jan

Smarta

  • Thursday 6 January
  • 08:23Fast beginsat sunrise
  • Friday 7 January
  • 11:08–17:49Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention

Vaishnava

  • Friday 7 January
  • 08:23Fast beginsat sunrise
  • Saturday 8 January
  • 08:23–17:50Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention

Tue 27 Dec

  • 08:22Fast beginsat sunrise
  • Wednesday 28 December
  • 08:22–14:04Parana timeto break the fast
Open in TithikaSee Saphala Ekadashi's date in each of your places, side by side.

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 Thu 6 Jan and Fri 7 Jan?

Smarta · For Smartas, Saphala Ekadashi is on Thu 6 Jan: Ekadashi holds sunrise that day. Vaishnavas fast on Fri 7 Jan.

Dashami until 07:57, inside arunodaya; Ekadashi at sunrise. Ekadashi: 07:57 to 05:50 Fri.

Ekadashi ended at 05:50; arunodaya is Dwadashi. Ekadashi: 07:57 Thu to 05:50.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Arunodaya. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.

Smarta

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Thu 6 Jan only, at 08:23: Thu 6 Jan.

Vaishnava

Vaishnavas test arunodaya, the 96 minutes before sunrise. On Thu 6 Jan Dashami lasts until 07:57, inside arunodaya (06:47–08:23), so that Ekadashi is pierced. Ekadashi ends at 05:50, so Vaishnavas fast on Fri 7 Jan: Fri 7 Jan.

Breaking the fast

Smarta · Fri 7 Jan, 11:08–17:49 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)

Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 05:50 on Fri 7 Jan to 03:02 on Sat 8 Jan; harivasara ends at 11:08. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 17:49: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 10:16, which here ends before harivasara does.

Vaishnava · Sat 8 Jan, 08:23–17:50 (Trayodashi, sunrise to sunset: Tithika’s convention)

Dwadashi ends at 03:02 on Sat 8 Jan, 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, 17:50, since parana is a day act: Tithika’s convention.

Why Tue 27 Dec?

Saphala Ekadashi is on Tue 27 Dec: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.

Dashami through all of arunodaya and at sunrise; Ekadashi begins at 15:02.

Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 15:02 Mon to 14:59.

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 Tue 27 Dec only, at 08:22: Tue 27 Dec. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 15:02 Mon, before it (06:46–08:22).

Breaking the fast

Smarta · Vaishnava · Wed 28 Dec, 08:22–14:04

Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 14:59 on Tue 27 Dec to 14:04 on Wed 28 Dec; harivasara ends at 20:45 Tue. So parana runs from sunrise on Wed 28 Dec, 08:22. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 10:14.

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).