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Ekadashi 2026

Every date in 2026, worked out for Delhi from the tithi, sunrise and moonrise.

Ekadashi, the eleventh day of each fortnight, is the most widely kept fast in the Hindu year, sacred to Vishnu. There are two in every lunar month, twenty-four in a year and twenty-six when there is an adhik month, and each has its own name and story.

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5 November 2026
Thursday
Rama Ekadashi
Kartika / Ashwina · Tithi: 11:05 AM yesterday to 10:37 AM
Parana (breaking the fast): 6:36 AM – 8:47 AM tomorrow

Ekadashi 2026 in Delhi

  1. 14 January 2026
    Wednesday
    Shattila Ekadashi
    Magh / Pausha · Tithi: 3:20 PM yesterday to 5:55 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 7:14 AM – 9:21 AM tomorrow
  2. 29 January 2026
    Thursday
    Jaya Ekadashi
    Magh · Tithi: 4:38 PM yesterday to 1:57 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 7:10 AM – 9:19 AM tomorrow
  3. 13 February 2026
    Friday
    Vijaya Ekadashi
    Phalguna / Magh · Tithi: 12:25 PM yesterday to 2:28 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 7:00 AM – 9:14 AM tomorrow
  4. 27 February 2026
    Friday
    Amalaki Ekadashi
    Phalguna · Tithi: 12:35 AM to 10:35 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 6:47 AM – 9:05 AM tomorrow
  5. 15 March 2026
    Sunday
    Papmochani Ekadashi
    Chaitra / Phalguna · Tithi: 8:13 AM yesterday to 9:19 AM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 6:29 AM – 8:53 AM tomorrow
  6. 29 March 2026
    Sunday
    Kamada Ekadashi
    Chaitra · Tithi: 8:48 AM yesterday to 7:49 AM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 6:13 AM – 7:12 AM tomorrow
  7. 13 April 2026
    Monday
    Varuthini Ekadashi
    Vaishakha / Chaitra · Tithi: 1:19 AM to 1:11 AM tomorrow
    Parana (breaking the fast): 6:57 AM – 8:30 AM tomorrow
  8. 27 April 2026
    Monday
    Mohini Ekadashi
    Vaishakha · Tithi: 6:09 PM yesterday to 6:18 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 5:43 AM – 8:21 AM tomorrow
  9. 13 May 2026
    Wednesday
    Apara Ekadashi
    Jyaistha / Vaishakha · Tithi: 2:55 PM yesterday to 1:32 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 5:31 AM – 8:13 AM tomorrow
  10. 26 May 2026
    Tuesday
    Padmini Ekadashi
    Adhik Jyaistha · Tithi: 5:13 AM to 6:24 AM tomorrow
    Parana (breaking the fast): 1:40 PM – 4:26 PM tomorrow
  11. 11 June 2026
    Thursday
    Parama Ekadashi
    Adhik Jyaistha · Tithi: 1:00 AM to 10:38 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 5:22 AM – 8:10 AM tomorrow
  12. 25 June 2026
    Thursday
    Nirjala Ekadashi
    Jyaistha · Tithi: 6:14 PM yesterday to 8:11 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 5:25 AM – 8:12 AM tomorrow
  13. 10 July 2026
    Friday
    Yogini Ekadashi
    Ashadha / Jyaistha · Tithi: 8:18 AM to 5:25 AM tomorrow
    Parana (breaking the fast): 1:49 PM – 4:35 PM tomorrow
  14. 25 July 2026
    Saturday
    Devshayani Ekadashi
    Ashadha · Tithi: 9:14 AM yesterday to 11:36 AM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 5:39 AM – 8:22 AM tomorrow
  15. 9 August 2026
    Sunday
    Kamika Ekadashi
    Shravan / Ashadha · Tithi: 2:01 PM yesterday to 11:07 AM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 5:47 AM – 8:02 AM tomorrow
  16. 23 August 2026
    Sunday
    Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
    Shravan · Tithi: 2:02 AM to 4:20 AM tomorrow
    Parana (breaking the fast): 1:41 PM – 4:16 PM tomorrow
  17. 7 September 2026
    Monday
    Aja Ekadashi
    Bhadrapada / Shravan · Tithi: 7:31 PM yesterday to 5:06 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 6:02 AM – 8:33 AM tomorrow
  18. 22 September 2026
    Tuesday
    Parsva Ekadashi
    Bhadrapada · Tithi: 8:02 PM yesterday to 9:45 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 6:10 AM – 8:35 AM tomorrow
  19. 6 October 2026
    Tuesday
    Indira Ekadashi
    Ashwina / Bhadrapada · Tithi: 2:09 AM to 12:36 AM tomorrow
    Parana (breaking the fast): 6:17 AM – 8:38 AM tomorrow
  20. 22 October 2026
    Thursday
    Papankusha Ekadashi
    Ashwina · Tithi: 2:13 PM yesterday to 2:49 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 6:26 AM – 8:42 AM tomorrow
  21. 5 November 2026
    Thursday
    Rama Ekadashi
    Kartika / Ashwina · Tithi: 11:05 AM yesterday to 10:37 AM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 6:36 AM – 8:47 AM tomorrow
  22. 20 November 2026
    Friday
    Prabodhini (Dev Uthani) Ekadashi
    Kartika · Tithi: 7:17 AM to 6:33 AM tomorrow
    Parana (breaking the fast): 1:10 PM – 3:18 PM tomorrow
  23. 4 December 2026
    Friday
    Utpanna Ekadashi
    Margashirsha / Kartika · Tithi: 11:05 PM yesterday to 11:47 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 6:59 AM – 9:04 AM tomorrow
  24. 20 December 2026
    Sunday
    Mokshada Ekadashi
    Margashirsha · Tithi: 10:11 PM yesterday to 8:16 PM
    Parana (breaking the fast): 7:09 AM – 9:13 AM tomorrow

Months are shown purnimanta / amanta where the two differ, in the dark fortnight.

How the dates are worked out

The fast is kept on the day Ekadashi prevails at sunrise, the rule followed by most households (Smarta). When Ekadashi begins after one sunrise and ends before the next, it is kept on the day it covers most. The parana, the breaking of the fast, is the next day: after Hari Vasara, the first quarter of Dwadashi, within Dwadashi, and in the morning where possible. Every time is calculated for the city chosen.

Questions

What is parana?

Parana is the breaking of the Ekadashi fast on the next day, Dwadashi. It is done after Hari Vasara, the first quarter of Dwadashi, and before Dwadashi ends, ideally in the morning; breaking the fast outside this window is traditionally held to undo it.

Why do Smarta and Vaishnava Ekadashi sometimes fall on different days?

Vaishnava traditions, such as ISKCON, keep Ekadashi on the next day when Dashami is still running at arunodaya, the 96 minutes before sunrise. In those years the Vaishnava fast is one day after the Smarta date shown here.

What can be eaten on Ekadashi?

Grains and beans are avoided. Those who do not keep a full or water-only fast usually take fruit, milk, nuts, and foods such as sabudana, kuttu or singhara flour and potatoes.