Nirjala Ekadashi 1965
The waterless fast — hardest and most meritorious of the 24 Ekadashis.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:47
- Fasting window (tithi)03:09 → 1965-06-10 · 03:06
- Parana (tithi ends)03:061965-06-10
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 1965
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1965
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 1965
- Maha Shivaratri — 1 March 1965
- Holika Dahan — 16 March 1965
- Holi — 18 March 1965
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 2 April 1965
- Ram Navami — 10 April 1965
- Akshaya Tritiya — 4 May 1965
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 1965
- Guru Purnima — 13 July 1965
- Nag Panchami — 1 August 1965
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 1965
- Krishna Janmashtami — 19 August 1965
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 1965
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 30 August 1965
- Anant Chaturdashi — 9 September 1965
- Pitru Paksha begins — 11 September 1965
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 1965
- Durga Ashtami — 2 October 1965
- Maha Navami — 4 October 1965
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 4 October 1965
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 1965
- Dhanteras — 22 October 1965
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 1965
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 1965
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 1965
- Bhai Dooj — 26 October 1965
- Chhath Puja — 30 October 1965
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 9 November 1965
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 9 November 1965
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