Ekadashi
ekadashi sanskrit एकादशी romanized ēkādaśī lit eleventh day eleventh lunar day tithi waxing shukla pakṣa waning kṛṣṇa pakṣa lunar cycle vedic calendar month ekadashi popularly observed within vaishnavism one major path within sanatan dharma follower offer worship god vishnu fasting symbolically idea always receive selfdiscipline benefit fasting connected way life via sanatam dharma practice hinduism primary purpose fasting ekadashi gain control mind bodily sens channel towards spiritual progression addition several health benefit fasting ekadashi fasting span three day devotee take single meal afternoon day ekadashi daydasami make sure residual food stomach next day devotee keep strict fast food water ekadashi day break fast next daydwadashi sunrise since form fasting stringent may possible people walk life due health life choice reason liberal fasting followed devotee different way observe ekadashi fasting method ranging complete abstention food water partial fasting consuming specific type food devotee chose fasting approach aligns hisher health lifestyle spiritual goal nirjala devotee observe complete fasting without even water ekadashi day jalahar type ekadashi fasting devotee consume water ksheerbhoji type ekadashi fasting devotee consume milk milk product phalahari type ekadashi fasting devotee consume fruit naktabhoji type ekadashi fasting devotee single meal generally later part day dish made sabudana singhada shakarkand yam potato groundnut however meal grain like rice wheat millet cereal like dal bean timing ekadashi according position moon hindu calendar mark progression full moon new moon divided fifteen equal arc ° arc measure one lunar day called tithi time take moon traverse particular distance length lunar day ekadashi refers th tithi lunar day eleventh tithi corresponds precise angle phase waxing waning moon bright half lunar month moon exactly full start ekadashi dark half lunar month moon dark start ekadashi usually ekadashis calendar year occasionally two extra ekadashis happen hindu leap year ekadashi day purported particular benefit attained performance specific activity bhagavata purana skandha ix adhyaay note observation ekadashi ambarisha devotee vishnu story behind ekadashi began vishnu sleeping meditative state demon murdanav approached attempted attack vishnu time beautiful woman sprung forth vishnu th sense often called mind infatuated murdanav asked marry responded would agree defeated battle fought murdanav eventually killed vishnu awoke sleep blessed woman naming ekadashi stated anyone fast day would attain moksha liberation cycle birth death table describes ekadashis fall year guruvayur ekadasi amavasya gangadharan n agni purana new delhi motilala banarsidass chapter iyer np subramania kalaprakasika standard book election mahoortha system original text devanagari english translation new delhi asian educational service ekadashi vrat ekadashi vrat vidhiniyam vrat bhojan archived august wayback machine list ekadashi year