एकादशी
काय खाल्ले जाते, आणि ते कसे पाळायचे
एकादशीएकादशी
The eleventh day of each lunar fortnight — twice in every lunar month, so roughly 24 times a year.
स्रोत·Published accounts of Ekadashi as commonly observed·प्रथा कुटुंब, प्रदेश आणि संप्रदायानुसार वेगळ्या असतात·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
How long Ekadashi runs
≈ 24hours
Approximate, as the dataset states it. The exact length turns on your date and where you are. Twice a month, the most frequently kept vrat of all. Grains and pulses are set aside for the day. Beyond that the observance ranges enormously: some keep a full phalahar day, some a single meal, some only rice avoidance, and a few keep nirjala.
डेटासेट जसे सांगतो तसे: Typically from sunrise on Ekadashi to the paran window on Dwadashi the following morning, though this varies with tradition.
स्रोत·Published vrat traditions + IFCT 2017·Ekadashi entry·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
What Ekadashi is
Ekadashi is observed by Vaishnava traditions and widely beyond them, and because it recurs twice a month it is the fast that most shapes how people actually eat across a year — far more than any single festival.
The defining rule in almost every version is that grains and pulses are set aside. What replaces them, and how strictly, is where the variation lives. Because it repeats so often, it is also the observance where small habits compound: 24 fried-food days a year is a different year from 24 fruit-and-milk days.
प्रथा वेगवेगळ्या असतात. Whether sabudana is included, whether particular vegetables are set aside, and how the paran on Dwadashi is timed are all matters of sampradaya and family practice. Nirjala is rare except on Nirjala Ekadashi itself.
ही नोंद कशी तयार केली आहे, आणि अन्नाची मोजणी कशी केली आहे
- The observance is read from published accounts of Ekadashi and written as commonly observed — कधीही आवश्यक म्हणून नाही, कधीही बरोबर म्हणून नाही. जिथे कुटुंबांमध्ये फरक असतो, तिथे नोंद फरक असल्याचे सांगते.
- वरील कमान पाळला जाणारा कालावधी यांच्यादरम्यान दाखवते नावानिशी दिलेली स्थानके दिवसाचे टप्पे — सूर्योदय, माध्यान्ह, सूर्यास्त, चंद्रोदय — आणि कधीही ठराविक वेळांदरम्यान नाही. सेहरी, इफ्तार, चंद्रोदय आणि सूर्यास्त हे स्थानिक आणि धार्मिकदृष्ट्या महत्त्वाचे आहेत, आणि ही साइट त्यांपैकी एकही प्रकाशित करत नाही.
- कालावधी डेटासेट स्वतः जो पल्ला सांगतो त्यातून, पल्ला म्हणूनच घेतला आहे. जिथे कालावधी अक्षांश आणि ऋतूवर अवलंबून असतो, तिथे कालावधी छापलेलाच नाही.
- अन्नऊर्जा प्रत्येक पदार्थ प्रत्यक्षात ज्या प्रमाणात खाल्ला जातो त्या सर्व्हिंगनुसार दिली आहे — जिथे तक्त्यात तो पदार्थ आहे तिथे IFCT 2017 (ICMR–NIN) मधून, आणि जिथे नाही तिथे नाव दिलेल्या पर्यायी स्रोतातून.
- प्रत्येक बिल्डवेळी प्रत्येक पदार्थ Atwater घटकांशी ताळमेळ घालून तपासला जातो, आणि ताळमेळ न बसणारे पान प्रकाशित होत नाही.
serving kcal = per-100 g kcal × (serving g ÷ 100) energy check = 4·protein + 4·carbohydrate + 9·fat (±15%, ±20% high-fibre) day shape = observed span, station → station (no clock times, ever)
प्रथेनुसार काय खाल्ले जाते, आणि काय बाजूला ठेवले जाते
सामान्यतः पाळले जाते असे वर्णन. लागू होणारी प्रथा तुमच्या स्वतःच्या कुटुंबाची आहे.
सामान्यतः खाल्ले जाणारे
- Fruit, milk, curd and dry fruit
- Potato, sweet potato and other permitted vegetables
- Kuttu, singhara, rajgira and samak where a cooked meal is taken
- Sabudana, in many households
- Sendha namak
प्रथेनुसार बाजूला ठेवले जाणारे
- All grains — rice and wheat above all
- Pulses, dals and beans
- Onion and garlic, in most observances
- In some traditions, honey, certain vegetables and specific oils
स्रोत·Published accounts of Ekadashi·नोंदवलेले, सांगितलेले नाही; प्रादेशिक प्रथा बदलते आणि तो बदल हीच प्रथा आहे·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
अन्न, आकड्यांसह
Foods commonly associated with Ekadashi, at the serving each is really eaten in. Every one has its own page with the full breakdown.
| Food | One serving is | Calories | Protein | Carbs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banana | 1 medium banana · 100 g | 105 kcal | 1.3 g | 24.0 g |
| गायीचे दूध (फुल क्रीम) | 1 glass · 200 g | 124 kcal | 6.4 g | 9.0 g |
| Curd (Dahi) | 1 katori · 150 g | 90 kcal | 4.7 g | 4.5 g |
| मखाना (फॉक्स नट्स), कच्चा | 1 katori · 25 g | 87 kcal | 2.4 g | 19.2 g |
| साबुदाणा खिचडी | 1 plate · 150 g | 321 kcal | 3.8 g | 47.4 g |
| Boiled Potato | 1 medium potato · 120 g | 84 kcal | 1.8 g | 17.9 g |
| Boiled Sweet Potato (Shakarkandi) | 1 medium · 150 g | 164 kcal | 2.0 g | 36.5 g |
| बदाम | 10 almonds · 12 g | 72 kcal | 2.5 g | 1.3 g |
| Samak Rice Pulao | 1 katori · 150 g | 189 kcal | 3.0 g | 30.6 g |
| Tender Coconut Water | 1 coconut · 250 g | 50 kcal | 0.5 g | 11.3 g |
या 10 पदार्थांपैकी प्रत्येकाची एक सर्व्हिंग मिळून साधारण होते 1,285 kcal — a scale check, not a menu. Ekadashi is not a calorie target and this table is not a plan.
What the vrat foods cost, counted per serving rather than per 100 g.
स्रोत·Published vrat traditions + IFCT 2017·दिलेल्या सर्व्हिंग वजनानुसार·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
आठवडा न बिघडवता हे कसे पाळायचे
हा भाग कोणीच नीट प्रकाशित करत नाही. यातले काहीही तुम्हाला व्रत बदलायला सांगत नाही — व्यायाम, झोप आणि जेवणाच्या वेळा हे तुमच्या हातातले घटक आहेत, उपवास नाही.
Training
One day a fortnight is short enough that most people can train exactly as normal, and long enough that a heavy leg session on a fruit-only day can feel unusually flat. If it repeatedly ruins your best session of the week, the usual fix is scheduling — put the hard session on a different day rather than changing the observance.
Sleep
Ekadashi rarely disturbs sleep unless the paran meal is very heavy or very late. Where it does, a lighter evening intake on the vrat day itself is what helps.
Blood sugar
Skipping grains for a day changes the glycaemic pattern more than the calorie count. Anyone on a sulfonylurea or insulin whose dose is matched to a normal meal pattern should discuss a twice-monthly fast day with their doctor once — not repeatedly improvise it.
Hydration
Ordinary hydration applies. Most versions of Ekadashi permit water freely, and there is no benefit at all to drinking less than usual.
The specific risk with Ekadashi
Because it recurs so often, Ekadashi is the fast where a medication clash is most likely to be repeated. If you take medicine with food twice daily, a fortnightly change to your meal pattern is worth one conversation with your doctor rather than twenty-four improvised days.
उपवास कोणी करू नये · उपवास आणि रक्तातील साखर · उपवासादरम्यान पाणी घेणे · स्रोत
Questions asked about Ekadashi
How often does Ekadashi come?
Twice in each lunar month — once in the waxing fortnight and once in the waning one — so about 24 times a year, occasionally 26 in a year with an extra month. Your local panchang has the dates; they do not fall on fixed Gregorian dates.
Can I eat sabudana on Ekadashi?
Many households do and some do not. Sabudana is not a grain botanically, which is the usual reasoning where it is included. This is a matter of family and sampradaya practice, not something a website can settle.
Does Ekadashi help with weight loss?
Not reliably, and it is not what it is for. Two fasting days a month reduce total intake only if the days around them stay normal, and vrat food built on sabudana, fried puris and dry fruit can carry more calories than an ordinary day, not fewer.
संबंधित व्रते
स्रोत·Published vrat traditions + IFCT 2017·observance accounts and food composition·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
Practices are described as commonly observed; customs differ by family, region, community and sampradaya, and this site is not an authority on any of them. Food values come from the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (ICMR–NIN), the older ICMR–NIN tables, USDA FoodData Central, named composition studies and the shared ThaliFacts dataset, reconciled against Atwater factors on every build. Which source applies to which food is listed per food, and every source carries the date it was last checked. General information only — not medical or religious guidance. Fasting is not safe for everyone, particularly during pregnancy or with diabetes or other conditions. Speak to a doctor first.
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