Varuthini Ekadashi 2016 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Parana time 05:59–11:55, Wed 4 May
Maharashtra, India
Vrat · times in IST
When is Varuthini Ekadashi 2016 in Pāthardi?
Tuesday 3 May
Vaishakha Krishna Ekadashi (purnimanta) · Chaitra Krishna Ekadashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 3 May in PāthardiParana time: when to break the fast?
Wednesday 4 May
Varuthini Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
- Tuesday 3 May
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05:59Fast beginsat sunrise
- Wednesday 4 May
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05:59–11:55Parana timeto break the fast
Why is Varuthini Ekadashi on Tue 3 May in Pāthardi?
Varuthini Ekadashi is on Tue 3 May: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Dashami through all of arunodaya and at sunrise; Ekadashi begins at 17:29.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 17:29 Mon to 14:58.
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 3 May only, at 05:59: Tue 3 May. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 17:29 Mon, before it (04:23–05:59).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Wed 4 May, 05:59–11:55
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 14:58 on Tue 3 May to 11:55 on Wed 4 May; harivasara ends at 20:12 Tue. So parana runs from sunrise on Wed 4 May, 05:59.
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).