Thread by @rameshvenkatram

Devashayani Ekādaśī & Cāturmāsa - a thread..
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(1) As the Devashayani Ekādaśī continues today, the fast can be broken between 6:08 AM to 8:40 AM tomorrow in what is called the Pārana Kāla...

(2) This Ashadha Shukla Paksha Ekādaśī is also significant because on completion of this Ekādaśī, Vishnu goes to sleep on this day and wakes up after four months on Prabodhini Ekādaśī.

(3) This year the Prabodhini Ekādaśī falls on November 16, 2021 - this is the चातुर्मास, Cāturmāsa - 4 months suited for sādhana. Typically, it is a period when vratas are taken up.

(4) When the Surās (Devas) sleep the Asurās are active and the vrata is taken up to protect oneself from "evil-influences"
वार्षिकांश्चतुरो मासान् वाहयेत् केनचिन्नरः ।
व्रतेन न चेदाप्नोति किल्मिषं वत्सरोद्भवम् ।।

(5) As Nārāyaṇa nourishes and sustains the body of all beings as annam (food) and Prāṇa, some sort of food restrictions are enjoined during these four months including not eating outside food, restricting food intake, carefully choosing what to eat and what to avoid and so on..

(6) People also take up one of these: parna-bhojana (eating on a leaf), eka-bhojana (eating only one meal), ayachit-bhojana (eating only what is provided), ekavadhi-bhojana (eating only one helping of food) and so on...

(7) For the four months after I break the Devashayani Ekādaśī fast tomorrow morning, I have decided to stick to one meal a day.

(8) It is also interesting to note that the Prabodhini Ekādaśī is one of the toughest fasts this year, next only to the Nirjala fast.

(9) The Ekādaśī tithi begins at 05:48 AM on Nov 14, 2021 and ends at 06:39 AM on Nov 15, 2021 but the Pārana Kāla (when the fast can be broken) occurs on Nov 15, 2021 06:22 AM to 08:01 AM - that is a solid 49 hours of fasting....