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  2. Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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    Ekadashi (Sanskrit: एकादशी, romanized: Ēkādaśī, lit. 'The eleventh day') is the eleventh lunar day ( tithi ) of the waxing ( Shukla Pakṣa ) and waning ( Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa) lunar cycles in a Vedic calendar month. [ 1 ]

  3. Rukmangada - Wikipedia

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    In the Narada Purana, Rukmangada is stated to be the king of Vidisha.Described to be a pious king and a great devotee of Vishnu, [2] he imposed strict laws that prohibited his able citizens from breaking their fast on the day of ekadashi, the eleventh day of a lunar fortnight that is sacred to the deity.

  4. Shravana Putrada Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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    This day is known as Shravana Putrada Ekadashi, to differentiate it from the other Putrada Ekadashi in Pausha (December–January), which is also called Pausha Putrada Ekadashi. [ 1 ] On this day, 24 hours fasting is observed and worship is offered to the god Vishnu (like other ekadashis) by both husband and wife in particular, who do not have ...

  5. Religious fasting - Wikipedia

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    When a feast day occurs on a fast day, the fast is often mitigated (lessened) to some degree (though meat and dairy are never consumed on any fast day). For example, the Feast of the Annunciation almost always occurs within the Great Lent in the Orthodox calendar: in this case fish (traditionally haddock fried in olive oil) is the main meal of ...

  6. Varuthini Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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    Varuthini Ekadashi, also known Baruthani Ekadashi, is a Hindu holy day, which falls on the 11th lunar day of the fortnight of the waning moon in the Hindu month of Chaitra (per the South Indian Amavasyant calendar, every month ends with a new moon) or Vaishakha (per the North Indian Purnimant calendar, every month ends with a full moon).

  7. Chaturmasya - Wikipedia

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    Chaturmasya begins on the eleventh day of the Hindu lunar month of Ashadha or Devashayani Ekadashi.This is celebrated as the day that the deity Vishnu enters a yogic sleep [7] on his serpent, Shesha, for a period of four months and wakes up on Prabodhini Ekadashi.

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  9. Mokshada Ekadashi - Wikipedia

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    Mokshada Ekadashi (Sanskrit: मोक्षदा एकादशी, romanized: Mokṣadā Ekādaśī, lit. 'The eleventh day of moksha') is a Hindu holy day, which falls on the 11th lunar day ( ekadashi ) of the fortnight of the waxing moon in the Hindu month of Margashirsha (Agrahayana), corresponding to November–December.