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**Kaval 1 Fast**
**Arya**
These rules, beginning with Ekadashi and ending with Shatakumbha, are prescribed. They are also classified as first, middle, and excellent, ending with fifteen, nine, and sixteen. || 88 || Upjati Vrittam
As stated, the number of fasts for those who are unable to follow the rules of these austerities is as follows: according to one's own strength, those who are inclined towards their own benefit can also complete the prescribed number of fasts by means of fasts, belās, and telās. || 89 || Sragdhara
He who fasts on the Amavasya, eats only one kaval on the Pratipada, and increases his food intake on the Purnima, rejoicing in the good fortune of the full moon, is a true devotee. This is the natural fast, which sinks into the austerity, following the course of the moon.
**Kaval 2**
**Chandrayana Vidhi** - The Chandrayana Vrat is performed according to the beautiful movement of the moon. The one who performs this Vrat fasts on the Amavasya, then eats one kaval - one morsel of food - on the Pratipada. Thereafter, he increases his food intake by one morsel each day, until he eats fourteen kavals on the Chaturdashi. He fasts on the Purnima, then, according to the phases of the moon...
**Kaval 2**
**Kaval 4**
**Kaval 5**
**Kaval 7**
**Kaval 8**
**Chapter 34**
**A**
**Kaval 9**
**Kaval 10**
**Kaval 11**
**Kaval 13**
**Kaval 12**
**Kaval 14**
**Fast**
**14 Kavals**
**13 Kavals**
**12 Kavals**
**11 Kavals**
**15 Kavals**
**Kaval**
**Kaval**
**7 Kavals**
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**Kavals**
**1 Kaval**
**1. 153 Fasts, 33 Paranas. 2. 496 Fasts, 61 Paranas. 3. Fast on Amavasya, one kaval on Pratipada, and so on, until fourteen kavals on Chaturdashi, then fast. On Krishna Pratipada, fourteen kavals, and so on, until the Amavasya. ★ One kaval is equal to one thousand grains of rice. Therefore, one should make a kaval of the quantity of one thousand grains of rice.**
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