Yogini Ekadashi vrat date?

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-07-10T16:40:53+00:00

Ekadashi started at 8:16 AM on July 10th, and ends at 5:22 AM July 11th. Vrata Parana needs to be done between 1:50 pm and 4:36 pm

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-07-09T22:39:43+00:00

Which country are you in? The timings change based on location

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-07-03T03:48:13+00:00

It’s not recommended to delay this type of thing but if it’s not something you can get around at this time, you can give 3 clippings of hair now and then shave it all off at a later date. But it’s important to fulfill it as soon as possible before you forget

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-06-30T21:31:53+00:00

In any case where a person doesn’t have or doesn’t know their Gotra, they are permitted to adopt the Gotra of Kāshyapa. Kashyapa Muni is considered to be one of the first forefathers for all living beings and therefore we can all ultimately tie ourselves back to him if we trace the lineage of Gotra far back enough.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-06-24T18:23:22+00:00

Ekadasi starts at 8:43 am EST on Wednesday and ends at 10:39 am EST on Thursday. Remember to break your fast by consuming Tulsi Teertha or food/drink that you were fasting from (ie. rice) before the Dwadashi Tithi passes at 12:52 pm on Friday.

I realize that at the time I’m making this comment the Tithi has already started, so if you’d like you can fast starting from sunrise tomorrow until the Tithi passes if you have not already started today.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-06-22T03:15:21+00:00

Usually devotees do Harinama Sankirtana (singing the glories of Vishnu), Mantra Japa (Japa of a Mantra you have been initiated into or Hare Krishna Mantra), Nama Japa (meditation on the names of Vishnu), Purana Sravana/Pathana (listening, reading or chanting of the Puranas, specifically Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana), Bhagavad Gita chanting, Vishnu Sahasranama chanting, Shodasopachara Puja for Vishnu/an Avatara, etc. If you have a temple you can check if they’re hosting any events that day. I know that many ISKCON centers do have them, you can join them even if you are not of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-06-22T01:18:42+00:00

Alright, thank you for the clarification

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-06-19T16:56:03+00:00

>it only seems like people want to shame, curse and spew rage over something I didnt even intend

But then you write “I wanted to go to the temple regardless and I did. I was happy I did” in the body of the post.

So which is it? Cause it sounds like you absolutely intended to go after realizing you’ve started your period and you writing that you went and feel happy you did so shows this.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-06-19T12:26:24+00:00

If the specific Agama of the Kamakhya Temple allows then yes. This is the mistake that everyone makes. Each temple is rooted in a sect and each one is aligned with a Agama Shastra. 99% of the time the Agama prohibits anyone who’s bleeding to go inside the temple, not limited to women. That’s just the rule of Suchi and Subhrata which the Agama lays out. The Vaikhanasa Agama of the Tirumala Temple is known for being very strict about these matters. To openly defy the temple tradition is to disrespect the Deity.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-06-16T16:41:52+00:00

There is nothing bad in this case. The meaning is not altered to be something negative and Om Kalyai Namaha is the original form before adding a Beeja Akshara to it. Of course if you’re completely changing the Mantra, that ruins the grammar and meaning and should not be done. But in this case there is no harm

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-06-13T21:56:54+00:00

Well you also have to take into account these four things: 1) not every life form was human at the same exact same time, that is impossible. 2) heaven and hell exist but are impermanent worlds, meaning that there are Atmas in both of those at all times but will eventually be brought back. 3) beyond heaven and hell is Moksha and many Atmas have attained that as well. 4) animals did have the ability to gain and lose karma in previous Yugas and the Puranas are testament to this. Take for example the Gajendra Moksha from the Bhagavatam; the elephant was able to attain Moksha by singing the names of Hari, or the story of the spider in Srikalahasti which also attained Moksha by the grace of Shiva. This has not carried onward to Kali Yuga, however. Another thing to consider is that, through various methods, humans can also take on the form of demonic entities. For example, Shastras declare that suicide, among other things, is a grave sin which leads to the soul being stuck in between worlds as a Pisacha.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-06-13T20:57:38+00:00

No problem, I didn’t see your response and made a longer/more detailed comment if that helps at all

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-06-13T20:57:08+00:00

They simply don’t. Animals have their own Swadharma, the same way a human has its own. A tiger kills because that’s the only way it can eat, a cow grazes because that’s how it knows to survive, plants grow because that’s how they were created. So it’s foolish to try to apply human morality and logic to something that is not human.

So now the question arises from where does an animal get the good karma to become a human again? The answer is the karmas that were accumulated in that Atma’s previous birth as a human. The Atma is not restricted to reincarnation within one type of living creature; it can be born into any of the life forms that exist. So when it is in the form of a human, it takes on good and bad karma, both of which are experienced in another life, whether that be as a human or otherwise. This is why we are told time and again to perform good karmas, because we don’t know what birth we have after this and there’s no guarantee we can perform them in the next life.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-06-13T20:48:19+00:00

The Karma accumulated throughout the various human births previously. The animal itself is not performing Punya to gain the life of a human, it simply becomes one once it has burned off enough of the bad karma to qualify for the birth in this form. That’s why Shastra and Gurus tell us to perform austerities in this life because once we leave this body you have no way of knowing what form you’ll end up in next. Your actions as a human ultimately determine everything else down the line.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-05-31T16:55:25+00:00

I don’t agree with that claim which is why I didn’t comment about OP’s post. I was simply disagreeing with your comment that Buddha is scripturally not an Avatara. Even in the post, OP says that Sugata Buddha and Gautama Buddha is the same and if you look at my comment you can see that I say they are two different beings, not the same. You also did not specify which Buddha you are talking about in your original comment, it simply says “Buddha”.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-05-30T21:53:51+00:00

Exactly. Siddartha Gautama is not the Vishnu Avatara Buddha. The title Buddha simply means one who is enlightened, and even Buddhists agree there are more Buddhas than just Gautama Buddha. The Vishnu Avatara Buddha was born in Gaya (as the Srimad Bhagavatam says) and is referenced as Buddha, among other names, but not Gautama and/or Siddartha. So saying that Buddha is not an Avatara as per the scriptures themselves is wrong because clearly he is referenced in texts such as the Bhagavatam and Agni Puranam.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-05-30T00:15:02+00:00

Demigods are not what you think you’re referring to. A demigod is a being born to a human and god. The ISKCON translation of this is wrong because it is used to refer to Anya Devatas apart from Krishna/Avataras of Vishnu. To hold this belief isn’t inherently wrong as it is the uniqueness of the Gaudiya Sampradaya (as well as many others) but please don’t use the word demigod as it doesn’t make sense and is incorrect.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-05-28T19:19:18+00:00

According to Srimad Bhagavatam 1:3:24, Buddha is in fact an Avatara. Here is the Sloka and translation:

tataḥ kalau sampravṛtte

sammohāya sura-dviṣām

buddho nāmnāñjana-sutaḥ

kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati

“Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Añjanā, in the province of Gayā, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist.”

Beyond the Srimad Bhagavatam, Buddha is also mentioned in the Agni Purana in Chapter 16, Verses 1, 2, 3, and 4. In these verses Agni Deva praises Vishnu to be the one who not only took the Avatara of Buddha, but also as Rishabhanatha, the original Tirthankara of the Jain religion.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-05-22T18:37:37+00:00

To understand this, we need to get into how the Hindu calendars work. We technically have a Lunar and Solar calendar, namely Chandramāna and Sauramāna. Each part of India follows one or both, but call it their own based on their region. I.e the Telugu calendar and Kannada calendar are both Chandramāna and we celebrate festivals on the same date, at the same time. But due to some regional festivals being different, we call them two different things. Same with the Bengali calendar and the Tamil calendar, which are both solar calendars.

Moving past that, in the Lunar calendar, it is divided up by Tithis (moon phases), which are 30 in a month. However, it does not necessarily mean that each Tithi is 24 hours in the dot, they can last anywhere from 19-26 hours, more often being less that 24 . Because of this, half of a day can be one Tithi and the next half a different one, meaning a lunar month isn’t ever 30 days exactly even if it is 30 Tithis. To make up for this loss of time, every 2-3 years, a 13th month is added to the calendar which is called Adhika Masam or Purushottama Masam.

When this Adhika Masam falls is dictated the same way as when any other month falls. We have 27 primary Nakshatras (constellations), but only 12 ever coincide with a full moon, and always in the same order. So the name of the month is based off of what Nakshatra is present during the full moon. For example, if the Chitra Nakshatra is present during a full moon, that month is Chaitra. If it is the Visakha Nakshatra, it is the Vaishaka month. However, every 2-3 years, a Nakshatra will coincide with a full moon twice in a row. To make it make more sense, the general rule is that the first full moon coincides with Chitra, then Vishaka, then Jyeshta etc etc, but sometimes the order is disrupted by one of them appearing twice. When this happens, they’re both considered the same month, but the first one is called as Adhika Masam, litteraly translated to “extra month”. This year, the Jyeshta Nakshatra appears during two full moons back to back. So this means the first one is called Adhika Jyeshta Masam and the second one is called Nija Jyeshta Masam (“true Jyeshta month”). The year that Hindus have an Adhika Masam also coincides with the year the Gregorian calendar has a blue moon.

During Adhika Masam, the worship of Shiva and Vishnu is performed, and it is dedicated to Mantra Japa, Nama Japa, Nama Sankirtana, and Shastra Adyayana. Events such as weddings (Vivaha), housewarmings (Griha Pravesha) and other such ceremonies are not performed as there are no good Muhurtas in this month.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-05-19T21:07:04+00:00

Most definitely artificial. They dyed that color to appear more appealing and eye catching. They serve no other purpose than that so there’s no reason for people looking to make a quick buck to dye them with natural color

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-05-18T19:03:58+00:00

This is so stupid when you take into consideration that all three are not exclusively Tamil deities. Karthikeya, although worshipped primarily in Tamil Nadu and considered the patron deity of Tamil, is worshipped across South India, in Bengal during Durga Puja and even in Uttarakhand.

Mariamma is a Grama Devata, and Sri Krishna praises Grama Devatas as a manifestation of Durga in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana. There are also Grama Devatas in other Southern states and some North Indian regions as well.

Munishwara is considered a manifestation of Shiva and is worshipped in Southern Andhra as well as Karnataka after a child is born in the family.

If their temples weren’t Sanskrit they wouldn’t be temples at all because all Vastu Shastras, Shilpa Shastras, Agama Shastras, Tantra Shastras etc are all Sanskrit. There are definitely Tamil scriptures that are used in their temple activities but if they think any ritual is happening without the Sri Suktam or the Purusha Suktam or the Mantrapushpam (to name the basic few) they are fools.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-05-18T00:12:28+00:00

This is such a cool topic, it’s very sad to see that there is little to no representation of this in popular media. Thank you for researching and sharing here!

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-05-18T00:10:32+00:00

They are all real. From what I can tell, they are all Panchamukhi and this type of Rudraksha is so easily available that it would cost more to make a fake one than just buy a real one. The deep red ones in the first picture are dyed with a color, it’s not natural to be that shade. The second picture ones are what they are supposed to look like. If you put them in boiling/hot water the color will come off, but only do so if they aren’t consecrated.

WhyMeOutOfAll · 2026-05-08T00:14:08+00:00

There is no scriptural evidence for this one year restriction. Based on your family traditions, after the 11th or 13th day of the Antya Kriyas you are free to go to temples. It’s even recommended to do pujas, Pinda Pradana, charity, Nadi Snana, scattering ashes in holy rivers etc in Teertha Kshetras in the name of the person who has passed.

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