Varuthini Ekadashi 2012 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Parana time 11:27⁠–⁠18:47, Tue 17 Apr

Maharashtra, India

Vrat · times in IST

When is Varuthini Ekadashi 2012 in Pāthardi?

Monday 16 April

Vaishakha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Chaitra Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)

Smarta · Vaishnava

Full panchang for Mon 16 Apr in Pāthardi

Parana time: when to break the fast?

Tuesday 17 April

Parana time

11:27–18:47

7 h 20 min · Tithika’s convention

Varuthini Ekadashi timings: fast, parana

Monday 16 April
06:11Fast beginsat sunrise
Tuesday 17 April
11:27–18:47Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention

Open in TithikaSee Varuthini Ekadashi's date in each of your places, side by side.

Why is Varuthini Ekadashi on Mon 16 Apr in Pāthardi?

Varuthini Ekadashi is on Mon 16 Apr: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.

Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 04:11 to 05:07 Tue.

Ekadashi holds arunodaya only until 05:07; then Dwadashi. Ekadashi: 04:11 Mon to 05:07.

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 16 Apr only, at 06:11: Mon 16 Apr. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 04:11, before it (04:35–06:11).

Breaking the fast

Smarta · Vaishnava · Tue 17 Apr, 11:27–18:47 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)

Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 05:07 on Tue 17 Apr to 06:30 on Wed 18 Apr; harivasara ends at 11:27. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 18:47: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 08:41, which here ends before harivasara does.

The rule

Vaishakha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Chaitra 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).