Next Ekadashi
The next Ekadashi is Papankusha Ekadashi on Thursday, 22 October 2026 (Smarta fast, New Delhi). The Ekadashi tithi runs from 14:12 IST on 21 October to 14:49 IST on 22 October. Break the fast (pāraṇa) on 23 October between 06:27 and 08:42 IST. After it: Rama (5 November) and Devutthana (20 November).
Dates for New Delhi sunrise · Smarta rule · times in IST
| Fast (New Delhi) | Ekadashi | Ekadashi tithi (IST) | Pāraṇa (New Delhi) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu22 Oct | Papankusha EkadashiĀśvina · Śukla pakṣaEkadashi tithi: 14:12 21 Oct → 14:49 22 Oct | 23 Oct06:27–08:42 | |
| Thu5 Nov | Rama EkadashiĀśvina (amānta) / Kārtika (pūrṇimānta) · Kṛṣṇa pakṣaEkadashi tithi: 11:04 4 Nov → 10:36 5 Nov | 6 Nov06:37–08:48 | |
| Fri20 Nov | Devutthana EkadashiKārtika · Śukla pakṣaEkadashi tithi: 07:16 20 Nov → 06:32 21 NovEkadashi touches no sunrise (kṣaya); the fast is on the day it runs. | 21 Nov13:10–15:18Hari Vāsara runs past the morning, so pāraṇa moves to the afternoon (aparāhna). | |
| Fri4 Dec | Utpanna EkadashiKārtika (amānta) / Mārgaśīrṣa (pūrṇimānta) · Kṛṣṇa pakṣaEkadashi tithi: 23:04 3 Dec → 23:45 4 Dec | 5 Dec06:59–09:04 | |
| Sun20 Dec | Mokshada EkadashiMārgaśīrṣa · Śukla pakṣaEkadashi tithi: 22:10 19 Dec → 20:15 20 Dec | 21 Dec07:09–09:13 | |
| Sun3 Jan | Saphala EkadashiMārgaśīrṣa (amānta) / Pauṣa (pūrṇimānta) · Kṛṣṇa pakṣaEkadashi tithi: 14:25 2 Jan → 16:09 3 Jan | 4 Jan07:15–09:19 | |
| Mon18 Jan | Pausha Putrada EkadashiPauṣa · Śukla pakṣaEkadashi tithi: 10:28 18 Jan → 07:50 19 JanDvādaśī touches no sunrise (Trisparśā), so the fast moves a day earlier to keep pāraṇa within Dvādaśī. | 19 Jan13:35–15:42Hari Vāsara runs past the morning, so pāraṇa moves to the afternoon (aparāhna). | |
| Tue2 Feb | Shattila EkadashiPauṣa (amānta) / Māgha (pūrṇimānta) · Kṛṣṇa pakṣaEkadashi tithi: 08:42 1 Feb → 11:11 2 Feb | 3 Feb07:08–09:19 |
The tithi is computed to the second from the sidereal Sun–Moon angle (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri); the fasting day follows the Smarta rule: the day Ekadashi prevails at sunrise. If it prevails at two sunrises, the second day; if at none, the day it runs; and if no Dvādaśī is left at the next sunrise, one day earlier. Sunrise depends on the city, so the day can too — these are New Delhi's. We also computed Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Lucknow and Jaipur: every Ekadashi listed here falls on the same day there. All 49 dates of 2026 and 2027 match Drik Panchang (checked for New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai); our tithi start and end times come 1–2 minutes later than Drik's, because Drik's Moon runs about 30″ ahead of NASA JPL's while ours agrees to within 2″. Pāraṇa is the next day, inside Dvādaśī but never during Hari Vāsara (its first quarter): in the prātaḥkāla (the first fifth of daylight), or, if Hari Vāsara runs past it, in the aparāhna (the fourth fifth), skipping midday. Our 48 pāraṇa windows for 2026-27 agree with Drik Panchang's to within a minute. The Vaishnava/ISKCON rule (Daśamī-viddha, aruṇodaya) sometimes fasts a day later; it is not shown here.