Fasting controls passion, it checks the emotions and senses also. Just as impure gold is rendered pure by melting it in the crucible again and again, so also this impure mind is rendered purer by repeated fasting.
This section will present the most important fasts practiced by the Hindus through the ages. Read the complete introduction and description of Hindu Fasts
You can also see details about the 26 Different Ekadashis and their importance and what to do on those days.
The Shashti Vratas
Pratipad Fasts
Ekadashi Vratam
Shivaratra Vratam
The Kartika Vrata
The Mashopavasha Vratam
Chaturmasyam Fast
Rambha Tritya Fast
Agastyargha Fast
Akhanda-Dvadashi-Vratams
Ananga-Trayodashi Fasts
The Koumuda Vrata
The King of All Vows
The Vow of Monthly fasting
The Nine-Fold Propitiation
The Vow Illuminating A Divine Edifice
Ritu Vratas Or Season Vows
The Monthly Vratas
The Divasa Vratas (During Day)
The Nakshatra Vratas
Vratas Under Various Asterisms
Ashok Puranima Vrata
Shivaratri Fast
Fourteenth Phase Fast
Trayodashi Vratas
The Shravana Dvadashi Vrata
Eight Matris
Four Vrats
Fasts During Moon Phases
Ninth Phase Fasts
10th, 11th & 12th Phase Fasts
Dana as remedy
