Nirjala Ekadashi 1903
The waterless fast — hardest and most meritorious of the 24 Ekadashis.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:46
- Fasting window (tithi)04:41 → 1903-06-06 · 04:41
- Parana (tithi ends)04:411903-06-06
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 1903
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1903
- Vasant Panchami — 2 February 1903
- Maha Shivaratri — 25 February 1903
- Holika Dahan — 12 March 1903
- Holi — 14 March 1903
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 30 March 1903
- Ram Navami — 6 April 1903
- Akshaya Tritiya — 30 April 1903
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 26 June 1903
- Guru Purnima — 9 July 1903
- Nag Panchami — 28 July 1903
- Raksha Bandhan — 8 August 1903
- Krishna Janmashtami — 15 August 1903
- Hartalika Teej — 25 August 1903
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 26 August 1903
- Anant Chaturdashi — 5 September 1903
- Pitru Paksha begins — 8 September 1903
- Sharad Navratri begins — 22 September 1903
- Durga Ashtami — 28 September 1903
- Maha Navami — 30 September 1903
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 30 September 1903
- Karwa Chauth — 9 October 1903
- Dhanteras — 18 October 1903
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 19 October 1903
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 20 October 1903
- Govardhan Puja — 21 October 1903
- Bhai Dooj — 22 October 1903
- Chhath Puja — 26 October 1903
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 5 November 1903
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 5 November 1903
- Hindu Festivals 1903 →