Ekadashi kya hai aur saal mein kitni aati hain
Ekadashi har paksha ki gyarahvi tithi hai aur Bhagwan Vishnu ko samarpit hai. Ek mahine mein do paksha hote hain, isliye saal mein aam taur par 24 Ekadashi aati hain; adhik maas wale saal mein 26. Har Ekadashi ka apna naam aur katha hoti hai.
Chandra jab Surya se 120 se 132 degree ke beech hota hai, tab Shukla paksha ki Ekadashi chalti hai, aur 300 se 312 degree ke beech Krishna paksha ki. Is ganana ka matlab yeh hai ki Ekadashi kisi bhi samay shuru ho sakti hai — subah, dopahar ya raat. Isiliye vrat ka din tay karne ke liye udaya tithi ka niyam lagta hai: jis din suryoday ke samay Ekadashi ho, wahi vrat ka din maana jaata hai.
Har Ekadashi ka naam alag hai — jaise Nirjala Ekadashi (Jyeshtha Shukla), Devshayani (Ashadha Shukla), Dev Uthani ya Prabodhini (Kartik Shukla) aur Mokshada (Margashirsha Shukla). Dev Uthani Ekadashi ke saath Chaturmas khatam hota hai, aur paramparik roop se vivah ke muhurat phir se shuru hote hain.
Dashami se taiyaari
Ekadashi ka vrat asal mein ek din pehle shuru hota hai. Dashami ki shaam halka, saatvik bhojan liya jaata hai — pyaaz, lahsun aur masaledaar cheezon ke bina — aur suryast ke baad anna nahi khaaya jaata. Isse agle din ka upvaas shareer ke liye aasaan ho jaata hai.
Kai parivaar Dashami ki raat ko hi sankalp le lete hain: kis tarah ka vrat rakhenge, kitne samay tak aur kis bhaavna se. Sankalp chhota aur saaf rakhein — jaise 'main aaj phalahaar vrat rakhkar Vishnu ji ka smaran karungi/karunga'.
Vrat ke prakaar — apne liye sahi chunein
Ekadashi ka vrat sabke liye ek jaisa hona zaroori nahi. Parampara mein kai roop bataye gaye hain, aur apni sehat aur kaam ke hisaab se inmein se chunna poori tarah sweekarya hai.
| Prakaar | Kya hota hai | Kiske liye |
|---|---|---|
| Nirjala | Poore din jal aur anna dono nahi | Sirf poori tarah swasth vayask; saal mein ek baar Nirjala Ekadashi par prachalit |
| Jalahaar | Sirf paani ya nariyal paani | Anubhavi vrati |
| Phalahaar | Phal, doodh, sabudana, kuttu, singhaade ka aata | Zyaadatar logon ke liye sabse vyavaharik |
| Ekbhukt | Din mein ek baar saatvik, bina anaaj ka bhojan | Bujurg, kaam par jaane wale |
Ekadashi ke din kya karein, kya na karein
Is din chawal aur sabhi anaaj (gehun, daal) se parhez ki parampara sabse zyada prachalit hai. Subah snan ke baad Vishnu ji ya Krishna ji ki pooja, tulsi dal arpan, 'Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya' ka jaap, aur us Ekadashi ki katha ka paath kiya jaata hai. Kai log Vishnu Sahasranaam ya Bhagavad Gita ka ek adhyay padhte hain.
Tulsi ke patte Ekadashi ke din toda nahi jaata — isliye pooja ke liye ek din pehle hi tod kar rakh lein. Din bhar gussa, nindaa aur jhooth se bachna vrat ka hi hissa maana jaata hai; bhookha rehne se zyada mahatva mann ke sanyam ko diya gaya hai. Raat ko bhajan-kirtan ke saath jaagran bhi kai parivaaron ki parampara hai.
Parana — vrat kholne ka sahi samay
Parana agle din Dwadashi tithi mein, suryoday ke baad kiya jaata hai. Dwadashi ka pehla chauthai hissa 'Hari Vasar' kehlata hai — is samay parana nahi kiya jaata. Dwadashi khatam hone se pehle parana kar lena zaroori maana gaya hai.
Parana ke niyam teen baatein kehte hain. Pehla, vrat agle din suryoday ke baad hi kholein. Doosra, agar Dwadashi ka pehla chauthai hissa (Hari Vasar) chal raha ho, to uske khatam hone ka intezaar karein. Teesra, Dwadashi tithi khatam hone se pehle parana kar lein — Dwadashi beet jaane ke baad parana ko dosh maana jaata hai. Subah ka samay (pratahkaal) sabse uttam maana jaata hai; madhyahna mein parana se bachne ki salaah di jaati hai.
Hamare Ekadashi calendar mein har Ekadashi ke saath parana ki shuruaat aur aakhri samay diya gaya hai. Parana tulsi dal aur thode jal se karke, phir saatvik bhojan se vrat poora karein. Pehla bhojan halka rakhein — khaali pet ke baad bhaari khaana takleef de sakta hai.
Do din Ekadashi kyun likhi hoti hai
Kabhi calendar mein ek hi Ekadashi do din dikhti hai — ek 'Smarta' ke liye aur ek 'Vaishnav' ke liye. Smarta parampara suryoday ki tithi dekhti hai. Vaishnav parampara (jaise ISKCON) arunoday — suryoday se lagbhag 96 minute pehle — par Dashami ka koi bhi ansh ho to us Ekadashi ko 'viddha' maanti hai aur vrat agle din rakhti hai.
Dono sahi hain; farq sirf parampara ka hai. Apne parivaar ya mandir ki parampara ka paalan karein. Agar aap aaj ka panchang dekh rahe hain to shehar zaroor chunein, kyunki suryoday ka samay har shehar mein alag hota hai aur tithi ki seema ke paas yahi farq vrat ka din badal sakta hai.
Sehat ka dhyaan
Garbhavati mahilayein, bachche, bujurg, diabetes ya BP ki dawa lene wale, aur jinhe doctor ne niyamit bhojan ki salaah di ho — ve nirjala ya jalahaar vrat na rakhein. Shastron mein bhi rogi aur vriddh ke liye chhoot di gayi hai. Phalahaar ya ekbhukt vrat, saath mein naam-jaap aur daan, utna hi bhaav-poorn hai.
Method aur further reading
- Ekadashi Vrat Calendar — JyotishKundli
Is lekh ke udaharan isi tool ki ganana se milaakar dekhe ja sakte hain.
- Astronomy Engine — calculation documentation
Suryoday-suryast aur grahon ki sthiti ki ganana ka technical aadhaar.
- Editorial policy aur calculation methods
Lekh kaise likhe aur jaanche jaate hain.
Gyankosh mein padhein
Aksar pooche jaane wale sawal
Ekadashi ke din chawal kyun nahi khaate?
Yeh ek prachalit parampara hai jiska mool Puranic katha aur upvaas ke niyam mein hai. Vrat ke din saare anaaj se parhez kiya jaata hai, aur chawal ko vishesh roop se varjit maana gaya hai. Ekadashi na rakhne wale bhi kai ghar is din chawal nahi banaate.
Kya periods ke dauraan Ekadashi vrat rakh sakte hain?
Is par paramparayein alag hain. Kai parivaar is samay pooja-path nahi karte par upvaas aur naam-jaap jaari rakhte hain; kai poori chhoot dete hain. Apne parivaar ki parampara aur apni sehat ke hisaab se faisla karein.
Agar parana ka samay nikal jaaye to kya karein?
Jaise hi yaad aaye, tulsi dal aur jal se vrat khol lein aur bhagwan se kshama prarthana karein. Agli baar ke liye calendar mein parana ka samay pehle se dekh kar rakhein.
Aage padhein
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