Nirjala Ekadashi 1900
The waterless fast — hardest and most meritorious of the 24 Ekadashis.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:48
- Fasting window (tithi)1900-06-08 · 06:00 → 07:45
- Parana (tithi ends)07:45
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Nirjala Ekadashi puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaNirjala Ekadashi — Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Nirjala Ekadashi kept without water?
It falls in Jyeshtha, the hottest month, and giving up water when the body most needs it is the offering. Keeping this one waterless fast is said to give the merit of all twenty-four Ekadashis of the year.
Why is it called Bhima Ekadashi?
Because the sage Vyasa told Bhima, who could not fast on every Ekadashi, that he could keep this single day in place of them all — so it also carries his name, Bhimseni or Bhima Ekadashi.
When is the fast broken?
At dawn the next day, within the Dwadashi parana window, after a bath and dana. The parana should not be delayed past the window; the exact time depends on the tithi's end.
Other major festivals in 1900
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1900
- Vasant Panchami — 4 February 1900
- Maha Shivaratri — 27 February 1900
- Holika Dahan — 15 March 1900
- Holi — 17 March 1900
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 31 March 1900
- Ram Navami — 8 April 1900
- Akshaya Tritiya — 1 May 1900
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 29 June 1900
- Guru Purnima — 12 July 1900
- Nag Panchami — 31 July 1900
- Raksha Bandhan — 10 August 1900
- Krishna Janmashtami — 17 August 1900
- Hartalika Teej — 28 August 1900
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 29 August 1900
- Anant Chaturdashi — 8 September 1900
- Pitru Paksha begins — 10 September 1900
- Sharad Navratri begins — 24 September 1900
- Durga Ashtami — 2 October 1900
- Maha Navami — 3 October 1900
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 3 October 1900
- Karwa Chauth — 11 October 1900
- Dhanteras — 20 October 1900
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 22 October 1900
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 23 October 1900
- Govardhan Puja — 24 October 1900
- Bhai Dooj — 25 October 1900
- Chhath Puja — 29 October 1900
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 6 November 1900
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 6 November 1900
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