Utpanna Ekadashi 1972 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil
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When is Utpanna Ekadashi 1972 in Ipameri?
None in 1972
Why is there no Utpanna Ekadashi in 1972?
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.
The rule
Margashirsha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Kartika 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).