Ekadashi 2026 and 2027 Calendar: Every Date, Name and Paksha
Every Ekadashi in 2026 and 2027, with a live countdown to the next one. Filter by major fasts or paksha, see the popular names such as Dev Uthani and Bhimseni, and add the whole year to your phone calendar in one tap.
About these dates
Ekadashi is the eleventh tithi (lunar day) of each fortnight, so it comes twice a month: once in Shukla Paksha, the waxing fortnight, and once in Krishna Paksha, the waning one. Each has its own name and story. A normal year has 24. A year with an extra lunar month (Adhik Maas) has 26, which is why 2026 includes the rarer Padmini and Parama Ekadashis. 2027 has 25 in the calendar year because Saphala Ekadashi falls twice, on 3 January and again on 23 December.
The dates are for India (New Delhi, Smartha convention), checked against widely used panchangs. They hold for most of India; a city far to the east or west can occasionally differ by a day, and outside India the date often moves. The section below explains why. Add to calendar saves all-day events to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook; nothing is sent to us.
Why month names differ between calendars
The calendar uses North Indian (Purnimanta) month names, where a month ends on the full moon. Much of western and southern India, including Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka, uses the Amanta calendar, where a month ends on the new moon. Shukla Paksha Ekadashis get the same month name in both. Krishna Paksha Ekadashis are named one month earlier in Amanta: Utpanna Ekadashi is "Margashirsha Krishna" in Delhi and "Kartika Krishna" in Pune. It is the same day and the same fast; only the label changes.
Why some Ekadashis have a second date
A tithi does not line up with a calendar day. It can begin in the afternoon and end the next afternoon, so a panchang has to pick one day for the fast. Smartha practice generally fasts on the day Ekadashi is present at sunrise. Vaishnava traditions add a rule: Dashami, the tithi before, must have ended before Arunodaya, the pre-dawn period about an hour and a half before sunrise. When it has not, the Vaishnava fast moves to the next day. That is what the "Vaishnava" tags in the calendar mean. Our guide to Smartha vs Vaishnava Ekadashi walks through both rules with an example.
ISKCON publishes its own Vaishnava calendar, calculated for each city. If you follow ISKCON, use that calendar rather than this one.
Breaking the fast (Parana)
An Ekadashi fast is broken the next morning, on Dwadashi, within a window called Parana: after sunrise, after Hari Vasara (the first quarter of Dwadashi) has passed, and before Dwadashi ends. Because it depends on your local sunrise, the window is different in every city, even on the same morning. We don't list one time for all of India here because it would be wrong for most readers.
The rules, and what to eat first, are in our complete Parana guide. For which foods are allowed during the fast itself, see Ekadashi fasting rules and foods allowed.
If you live outside India
A tithi begins at the same instant everywhere on Earth, but sunrise does not. In the USA, Canada and the UK, sunrise happens many hours after India's, so the tithi present at your sunrise can be different, and the Ekadashi date can fall a day earlier than in India. In Australia, New Zealand and parts of East Asia it can fall a day later. Use a panchang calculated for your own city rather than an Indian list.
The Ekadashis most people keep
- Nirjala (Bhimseni) Ekadashi (Jyeshtha Shukla): the strictest fast of the year, kept without water by those who can. See Nirjala Ekadashi rules and significance.
- Devshayani (Ashadhi) Ekadashi (Ashadha Shukla): Lord Vishnu's sleep begins, and with it Chaturmas, four months of restraint.
- Dev Uthani (Prabodhini) Ekadashi (Kartika Shukla): Vishnu wakes, Chaturmas ends and the wedding season opens.
- Utpanna Ekadashi (Margashirsha Krishna): the day Ekadashi herself is said to have appeared, and the traditional day to begin a lifelong Ekadashi vow.
- Mokshada Ekadashi (Margashirsha Shukla): Gita Jayanti, the day the Bhagavad Gita is remembered. In 2026 it is also Vaikuntha Ekadashi, the great festival day at south Indian Vishnu temples such as Srirangam and Tirupati. Vaikuntha Ekadashi follows the solar month of Dhanu, so in some years, 2027 among them, it falls on a different Ekadashi.
Dates are for New Delhi on the Smartha convention, with Vaishnava dates noted where Vaishnava calendars fast a day later. Conventions vary by community and region; please confirm with your local temple or family panchang.