Ekadashi 2027 in New Zealand
Every date in 2027 for Auckland, on its own clock, with the other cities in New Zealand noted where they keep a different day.
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.
Ekadashi 2027 in Auckland
- 3 January 2027SundaySaphala EkadashiPausha / Margashirsha · Tithi: 9:56 PM yesterday to 11:40 PMParana (breaking the fast): 6:12 AM – 9:02 AM tomorrow
- 19 January 2027TuesdayPausha Putrada EkadashiPausha · Tithi: 5:59 PM yesterday to 3:21 PMParana (breaking the fast): 6:22 AM – 9:14 AM tomorrow
- 2 February 2027TuesdayShattila EkadashiMagh / Pausha · Tithi: 4:13 PM yesterday to 6:42 PMParana (breaking the fast): 6:38 AM – 9:24 AM tomorrow
- 17 February 2027WednesdayJaya EkadashiMagh · Tithi: 3:51 AM to 1:03 AM tomorrowParana (breaking the fast): 6:54 AM – 9:34 AM tomorrow
- 4 March 2027ThursdayVijaya EkadashiPhalguna / Magh · Tithi: 12:16 PM yesterday to 2:56 PMParana (breaking the fast): 7:09 AM – 9:42 AM tomorrow
- 18 March 2027ThursdayAmalaki EkadashiPhalguna · Tithi: 11:53 AM to 9:23 AM tomorrowParana (breaking the fast): 2:44 PM – 5:08 PM tomorrow
- 3 April 2027SaturdayPapmochani EkadashiChaitra / Phalguna · Tithi: 8:17 AM yesterday to 10:24 AMParana (breaking the fast): 6:36 AM – 8:55 AM tomorrow
- 17 April 2027SaturdayKamada EkadashiChaitra · Tithi: 5:53 PM yesterday to 3:59 PMParana (breaking the fast): 6:48 AM – 9:01 AM tomorrow
- 2 May 2027SundayVaruthini EkadashiVaishakha / Chaitra · Tithi: 1:26 AM to 2:24 AM tomorrowParana (breaking the fast): 8:27 AM – 9:08 AM tomorrow
- 16 May 2027SundayMohini EkadashiVaishakha · Tithi: 12:49 AM to 11:45 PMParana (breaking the fast): 7:13 AM – 9:14 AM tomorrow
- 1 June 2027TuesdayApara EkadashiJyaistha / Vaishakha · Tithi: 4:34 PM yesterday to 4:12 PMParana (breaking the fast): 7:25 AM – 9:22 AM tomorrow
- 15 June 2027TuesdayNirjala EkadashiJyaistha · Tithi: 8:44 AM yesterday to 8:40 AMParana (breaking the fast): 7:32 AM – 9:03 AM tomorrow
- 30 June 2027WednesdayYogini EkadashiAshadha / Jyaistha · Tithi: 4:36 AM to 3:03 AM tomorrowParana (breaking the fast): 8:29 AM – 9:30 AM tomorrow
- 14 July 2027WednesdayDevshayani EkadashiAshadha · Tithi: 6:41 PM yesterday to 7:42 PMParana (breaking the fast): 7:31 AM – 9:29 AM tomorrow
- 30 July 2027FridayKamika EkadashiShravan / Ashadha · Tithi: 2:06 PM yesterday to 11:45 AMParana (breaking the fast): 7:20 AM – 8:50 AM tomorrow
- 13 August 2027FridayShravana Putrada EkadashiShravan · Tithi: 7:31 AM yesterday to 9:32 AMParana (breaking the fast): 7:06 AM – 9:13 AM tomorrow
- 28 August 2027SaturdayAja EkadashiBhadrapada / Shravan · Tithi: 9:57 PM yesterday to 7:14 PMParana (breaking the fast): 6:46 AM – 9:00 AM tomorrow
- 11 September 2027SaturdayParsva EkadashiBhadrapada · Tithi: 11:32 PM yesterday to 2:08 AM tomorrowParana (breaking the fast): 1:27 PM – 3:48 PM tomorrow
- 26 September 2027SundayIndira EkadashiAshwina / Bhadrapada · Tithi: 6:03 AM to 3:21 AM tomorrowParana (breaking the fast): 8:38 AM – 9:31 AM tomorrow
- 11 October 2027MondayPapankusha EkadashiAshwina · Tithi: 7:12 PM yesterday to 9:40 PMParana (breaking the fast): 6:41 AM – 9:16 AM tomorrow
- 26 October 2027TuesdayRama EkadashiKartika / Ashwina · Tithi: 1:12 PM yesterday to 10:54 AMParana (breaking the fast): 6:21 AM – 8:35 AM tomorrow
- 10 November 2027WednesdayPrabodhini (Dev Uthani) EkadashiKartika · Tithi: 3:06 PM yesterday to 4:43 PMParana (breaking the fast): 6:06 AM – 8:53 AM tomorrow
- 24 November 2027WednesdayUtpanna EkadashiMargashirsha / Kartika · Tithi: 9:17 PM yesterday to 7:43 PMParana (breaking the fast): 5:57 AM – 8:49 AM tomorrow
- 10 December 2027FridayMokshada EkadashiMargashirsha · Tithi: 10:31 AM yesterday to 10:52 AMParana (breaking the fast): 5:55 AM – 8:50 AM tomorrow
- 24 December 2027FridaySaphala EkadashiPausha / Margashirsha · Tithi: 7:13 AM yesterday to 6:44 AMParana (breaking the fast): 6:00 AM – 6:40 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; when Dwadashi ends before the sunrise after the fast, the fast is a day earlier, so that it can be broken within Dwadashi. 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.