Can we do chauvihar without navkkarsi in the next day?
Short answer: Yes.
- What is Chauvihār: It is a vow to take no food and no water after sunset until the next sunrise. It concerns only the night.
- Next morning: Chauvihār does not bind you to take Navkārsi (first intake 48 minutes after sunrise). The next day you may:
- Traditions:
- Good practice: Decide and take pachchakkhān clearly (from a guru/elder or as per your daily niyam), keep purity of time, and consider health.