Saphala Ekadashi 2016 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra 2 dates in 2016
Maharashtra, India
Vrat · times in IST
When is Saphala Ekadashi 2016 in Pāthardi?
Twice in 2016
Tuesday 5 January
Pausha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Margashirsha Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 5 Jan in PāthardiSaturday 24 December
Pausha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Margashirsha Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 24 Dec in PāthardiParana time: when to break the fast?
Wednesday 6 January
Sunday 25 December
Saphala Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
Tue 5 Jan
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07:03Fast beginsat sunrise
- Wednesday 6 January
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13:09–18:05Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention
Sat 24 Dec
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06:59Fast beginsat sunrise
- Sunday 25 December
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10:10–17:58Parana 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 Tue 5 Jan?
Saphala Ekadashi is on Tue 5 Jan: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 05:13 to 06:54 Wed.
Ekadashi holds arunodaya only until 06:54; then Dwadashi. Ekadashi: 05:13 Tue to 06:54.
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 Tue 5 Jan only, at 07:03: Tue 5 Jan. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 05:13, before it (05:27–07:03).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Wed 6 Jan, 13:09–18:05 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 06:54 on Wed 6 Jan to 07:54 on Thu 7 Jan; harivasara ends at 13:09. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 18:05: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 09:16, which here ends before harivasara does.
Why Sat 24 Dec?
Saphala Ekadashi is on Sat 24 Dec: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 00:54 to 03:32 Sun.
Ekadashi ended at 03:32; arunodaya is Dwadashi. Ekadashi: 00:54 Sat to 03:32.
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 Sat 24 Dec only, at 06:59: Sat 24 Dec. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 00:54, before it (05:23–06:59).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Sun 25 Dec, 10:10–17:58 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 03:32 on Sun 25 Dec to 06:07 on Mon 26 Dec; harivasara ends at 10:10. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 17:58: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 09:11, 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).