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Twice-monthly vrata

Ekadashi

The eleventh-day fast for Vishnu, kept twice a month.

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When: The 11th lunar day of both the bright and the dark fortnight.1

About

Devotees fast, strictly or leniently, as a discipline, and break the fast after sunrise the next day, Dvadashi.1

Sources

  1. Encyclopedia Ekadashi — Wikipedia · accessed 2026-11-08

Researched 2026-11-08 from the cited sources. Community corrections are welcome; traditions differ, and differences are shown rather than resolved.