Devshayani Ekadashi · Chaturmas begins Vratam The Ekadashi of the bright fortnight of Ashadha, on which Vishnu is held to lie down on Shesha for four months.
The name
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- English
- Devshayani Ekadashi · Chaturmas begins
- हिन्दी
- देवशयनी एकादशी · चातुर्मास आरंभ
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When it falls next
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What the day is
The Ekadashi of the bright fortnight of Ashadha, on which Vishnu is held to lie down on Shesha for four months. From this day to Devuthani Ekadashi in Kartika no marriage, no thread ceremony and no housewarming is held; ascetics stay in one place for the rains, and householders take one small vow for the four months.
- Deity
- Vishnu
- Kind
- Vratam Days kept by a fast or a vow, most of them coming round every lunar month.
The hour
The rule in words
Shukla Ekadashi at sunrise, with the dasami-viddha and kshaya cases settled as for every Ekadashi; the parana is the next morning.
The fast
The ordinary Ekadashi fast, without rice or grain. Many give up one food for the whole of Chaturmas from this day: curd in Shravana, milk in Bhadrapada, and so on.
Where the regions differ
The Chaturmas bar on weddings is kept across India, so this date and its closing date matter to anyone fixing a marriage. Traditions vary on an adhika Ashadha year, when some almanacs start the four months a month earlier.
Fixing a day for it
The muhurtham rules that go with this festival
Vivaha, the marriage itself. The grading is the Tamil almanac one: nine wedding months, the seven wedding tithis, the marriage stars, and Mithunam, Kanni and Thulam as the best lagnas. Tuesday and Saturday rule a day out, as no Tamil almanac prints a wedding muhurtham on either. Confirm the chosen day and hour with the family astrologer.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.