Also called Parsva Ekadashi, Parshva Ekadashi, Vamana Ekadashi, Jaljhulni Ekadashi. Those are the same observance and the same date, so they share this page rather than competing with it from a second URL.
The window is the first fifth of the daylight (pratahkala).
Parivartini Ekadashi is not a Gregorian date. It is Shukla paksha tithi 11 of Bhadrapada in the amanta reckoning, and the Gregorian day it lands on moves by up to a month between years because twelve lunations fall about eleven days short of a solar year.
Tithi
Ekadashi, Shukla paksha
Lunar month
Bhadrapada (amanta)
Tithi begins
10 Sep, 5:01 PM
Tithi ends
11 Sep, 7:36 PM
Decided at
Sunrise
Sunrise in New Delhi
11 Sep, 6:03 AM
Sunrise in New Delhi falls at 6:03 AM on that day, and that is the instant the tithi has to be running at for the day to carry the observance. It is computed for this city rather than assumed, because it is what decides the date.
The two instants above are the astronomy and are not in dispute. The day is an interpretation of them: this observance is decided at sunrise, so it belongs to the day whose sunrise the tithi carries — not simply to the day the tithi begins.
Shukla paksha · Bhadrapada
Parivartini Ekadashi 2027: Smarta and Vaishnava dates
Listed here (Smarta, the sunrise rule)
Saturday, 11 September 2027 — The fast belongs to the day whose sunrise carries Ekadashi — the day AstroSage lists and the one this page leads with.
Vaishnava (ISKCON), the arunodaya rule
Saturday, 11 September 2027 — The same day this year. The Vaishnava rule reads the tithi at arunodaya, the 96 minutes before sunrise, rather than at sunrise; the arunodaya of Saturday, 11 September 2027 (11 Sep, 4:27 AM) is already inside Ekadashi, not Dashami.
Every day above is computed for New Delhi from the same tithi instants. ISKCON temples publish their own calendar for each city and also apply the Mahadvadashi rules, which can move a fast to Dwadashi in some years — where your temple's calendar differs, follow it.
Meaning and vrat katha
Parivartini Ekadashi vrat katha and significance
Also known as Parsva, Vamana, Jaljhulni Ekadashi.
Parivartini Ekadashi, in the bright half of Bhadrapada, falls midway through Chaturmas: it is the day Vishnu, asleep since Devshayani, is said to turn (parivartan) onto his other side — hence also Parsva Ekadashi. It is kept for Vishnu as Vamana, whose story it carries. In Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh it is Jaljhulni Ekadashi, when temple images are carried in procession to the water.
The katha
Retold in brief from the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, in Krishna's Ekadashi-mahatmya to Yudhishthira, which retells the Vamana story of the Bhagavata Purana.
In the Treta Yuga, Bali, the grandson of Prahlada, was a devotee of Vishnu and famously generous, but his power had grown until he ruled all three worlds and Indra had lost his heaven. The gods turned to Vishnu.
Vishnu was born as Vamana, a small brahmin boy, and came to a great sacrifice Bali was holding, where Bali had vowed to give whatever was asked of him. Vamana asked only for as much land as he could cover in three steps. Bali's guru Shukracharya warned him who the boy was, but Bali would not take back his word.
Vamana grew to an immense size. With one step he covered the earth, with the second the heavens, and there was nowhere left for the third. Bali bowed and offered his own head, and Vishnu placed his foot on it and sent him down to rule the netherworld of Sutala.
Moved by Bali's surrender, Vishnu promised to remain with him. The Ekadashi-mahatmya says that one form of Vishnu stays with Bali while another rests on Shesha through Chaturmas, and that on this Ekadashi the sleeping Vishnu turns onto his side — which is why it is called Parivartini.
How the fast is kept
The fast runs from sunrise on the Ekadashi day to parana on Dwadashi. Many families eat a single plain meal on Dashami, the evening before.
Grains and rice are left out on Ekadashi. Those who cannot keep a complete fast take fruit, milk or a phalahar meal; a waterless fast is kept only by those whose tradition and health allow it.
Vishnu is worshipped with tulsi leaves, a lamp and his names; reading or hearing the day's katha is part of the observance, and many stay awake for a part of the night in kirtan or japa.
Parana is on Dwadashi, after Hari Vasara — the first quarter of Dwadashi — has passed. The window for your city is computed above.
Fasting customs are described here as tradition, not as medical advice. Consult a doctor before fasting, particularly if you are pregnant, diabetic, elderly or on medication.
All 26 · New Delhi
Every Ekadashi and its next date
Twenty-four in an ordinary year, two more in a year with an adhika month. Each has its own page with its katha, parana and Smarta and Vaishnava dates.
Parivartini Ekadashi, the bright-half Ekadashi of Bhadrapada, is the day Vishnu is said to turn onto his side midway through his Chaturmas sleep; it is kept for him as Vamana, and is also called Parsva Ekadashi, and Jaljhulni Ekadashi in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. In New Delhi it falls on Saturday, 11 September 2027: the fast runs from sunrise to parana on Dwadashi, 12 Sep, 6:04 AM to 8:33 AM.
All Parivartini Ekadashi 2027 muhurat in New Delhi
Muhurat
Time in New Delhi
What it is for
Parana: the time to break the fast
12 Sep, 6:04 AM to 8:33 AMThe morning of Dwadashi (the first fifth of the day), Hari Vasara having ended overnight.
The window on Dwadashi, the morning after the fast, in which Parivartini Ekadashi is completed. It opens once Hari Vasara is over and normally closes with the first part of the morning; when Hari Vasara runs late it moves past midday, and it never runs beyond the end of Dwadashi. The time shown is computed for New Delhi.
Hari Vasara ends
12 Sep, 2:16 AMThe end of the first quarter of Dwadashi; the fast is never broken inside it.
Hari Vasara is the first quarter of Dwadashi. The fast is not broken inside it, even when it is already morning, so its end in New Delhi is the earliest moment parana can begin.
Brahma Muhurta
4:31 AM to 5:17 AMThe 14th of the night's fifteen muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise.
The hour before dawn on the Ekadashi day, the traditional time to wake, bathe and take the sankalp of the fast.
Sunrise
6:03 AMThe upper edge of the Sun on the horizon, with refraction.
The fast is counted from sunrise on Ekadashi to parana on Dwadashi, and the morning puja begins after it.
Auspicious choghadiya (day)
Shubh7:37 AM to 9:10 AM
Chal12:17 PM to 1:51 PM
Labh1:51 PM to 3:24 PM
Amrit3:24 PM to 4:58 PM
The day's Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Chal choghadiyas.
The day's Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Chal periods. Families who cannot worship at dawn choose one of them for the main puja.
Pradosh Kaal: the evening lamps
6:31 PM to 8:50 PMFrom sunset for three night muhurtas (a fifth of the night).
The evening after sunset, when lamps are lit before Vishnu and beside the tulsi and the aarti is sung again.
Nishita Kaal: the night vigil
11:54 PM to 12:41 AM (12 Sep)The 8th of the night's fifteen muhurtas, around the middle of the night.
The middle of the night, the heart of the jagran. Those who keep the night awake give this part of it to kirtan and japa.
Rahu Kaal (to avoid)Kept clear of
9:10 AM to 10:44 AMRahu's eighth of the daylight, fixed by the weekday: a puja, a purchase or a journey is not begun in it.
The weekday's Rahu Kaal on the Ekadashi day in New Delhi. Many families avoid beginning the sankalp or the main puja inside it; it does not change the fast itself or the parana window.
Auspicious windows that day
Auspicious windows that day
Window
Time in New Delhi
What it is
Abhijit Muhurat
11:52 AM to 12:42 PM
Auspicious
Amrit Kaal
7:44 PM to 9:33 PM
Most Auspicious
Brahma Muhurat
4:31 AM to 5:17 AM
Auspicious
Windows usually worked around
These are the spans classical muhurta sets aside for beginnings. They are descriptions of a convention, not warnings: the observance is kept on its day regardless, and nothing here needs to be bought, corrected or remedied.
Windows usually worked around
Window
Time in New Delhi
Rahu Kaal
9:10 AM to 10:44 AM
Yamaganda Kaal
1:51 PM to 3:24 PM
Durmuhurta First
6:03 AM to 6:53 AM
Durmuhurta Second
6:53 AM to 7:43 AM
Varjyam
8:53 AM to 10:41 AM
Every time above is computed for New Delhi around Saturday, 11 September 2027, from the sunrise, sunset and the positions of the Sun and Moon for this city. The Vedic day runs sunrise to sunrise, so a window whose clock time falls after midnight still belongs to the evening before; a time on another date carries that date.
Puja vidhi · step by step at home
Parivartini Ekadashi puja vidhi
Every Ekadashi is kept the same way: one sattvic meal on Dashami, the sankalp at dawn, Vishnu puja with tulsi, the katha and aarti, lamps at dusk, the night vigil and parana on Dwadashi. Those steps are in the Ekadashi vrat vidhi. Below are the steps Parivartini Ekadashi adds or words its own way.
Take the sankalp
Sit before the altar, hold a little water and a flower in your right hand and resolve to keep the vrat: say your name, that you are keeping Parivartini Ekadashi for Vishnu, and how you will fast, whether without water, on water alone, on fruit or with one phalahar meal. Then let the water fall. The Ekadashi sankalpa verse in the mantra section can be said here.
Worship Vishnu as Vamana
Bathe a metal idol or the Shaligram with water, panchamrit and water again (for a picture, sprinkle water with a flower), and worship Vishnu as Vamana, the small brahmin boy who asked Bali for three steps of land and measured the worlds. Offer sandalwood, yellow flowers, tulsi picked the day before, incense and a lamp, chanting Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya.
Katha and aarti
Read or listen to the Parivartini Ekadashi vrat katha below, and the Vishnu Sahasranama or a chapter of the Gita if you can. Then sing Om Jai Jagdish Hare with a ghee lamp or camphor, and ask pardon for any mistake made in the puja.
The turning, where it is the custom
Today the sleeping Vishnu is said to turn onto his other side. Where the image was laid to rest on Devshayani, some families gently turn it onto its other side in the evening, saying his names; in temples the deity is turned, and in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh carried to the water.
Samagri · what to keep ready
Parivartini Ekadashi puja samagri list
The puja samagri every Ekadashi uses (an image of Vishnu, tulsi picked on Dashami, a ghee lamp, yellow flowers, panchamrit, Ganga jal and the rest) is in the Ekadashi samagri list. For Parivartini Ekadashi, add:
An image of Vamana, if you have oneAny image of Vishnu does; the day carries the Vamana story.
Mantras · in Devanagari, with meaning
Parivartini Ekadashi mantras and aarti
The verses every Ekadashi uses, from the dhyana and sankalpa verses to the parana verse, and the Om Jai Jagdish Hare aarti are in the Ekadashi guide's mantras and aarti. Parivartini Ekadashi's own:
Meaning: I bow to Vishnu: peaceful in form, resting on the serpent, the lotus at his navel, lord of the gods, support of the universe, vast as the sky, dark as a rain cloud, of auspicious form, beloved of Lakshmi, lotus-eyed, reached by yogis in meditation, who removes the fear of worldly existence, the one lord of all the worlds.
When and how: Once before the worship, picturing Vishnu resting on the serpent, the form that is said to turn onto its side today.
Krishnaya Vasudevaya haraye paramatmane Pranata-klesha-nashaya Govindaya namo namah
Meaning: To Krishna, son of Vasudeva, to Hari, the Supreme Self, who ends the distress of those who bow to him, to Govinda: salutation again and again. A prayer from the Bhagavata Purana.
When and how: Said with folded hands after the aarti, or as a short prayer at any time of the fast.
Significance
Why Parivartini Ekadashi is kept
What the day honours is giving without taking one's word back, so it is kept with gifts made freely, often three of them for the three steps, and with a little humility before anyone who holds power over us. For anyone keeping a vow through the rainy months, this midpoint is a good day to look at how it is going and to renew it. The next day is Vamana Dwadashi, Vamana's birthday, and Anant Chaturdashi, when Ganesh images go to the water, follows a few days later.
Its katha retells the Vamana story: King Bali, a generous devotee who had conquered the three worlds, granted the small brahmin Vamana three steps of land and would not take back his word even when his guru warned him. Vishnu covered the earth and the heavens in two strides and set the third on Bali's bowed head, and, moved by his surrender, promised to stay with him. It falls between late August and late September, usually in September.
Upay · traditional practice
Parivartini Ekadashi upay: traditional remedies
Give as Bali gave
Bali kept his word to Vamana though it cost him everything. Give today what you promised someone, whole and without conditions.
Three gifts for three steps
Remember Vamana's three steps with three small gifts before parana: food to someone hungry, water to someone thirsty and a kind word to someone alone.
Remember the sleeping Lord
Halfway through Chaturmas, renew whatever vow you took on Devshayani, and if it has slipped, take it up again from today until Dev Uthani.
Join the Jaljhulni procession
In Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, walk with the temple's procession to the water and offer flowers there; elsewhere, offer a lamp at a river or lake if one is near.
Humility before strength
The story turns on a small boy asking for very little. Ask for help where you need it, and give it freely where it is asked of you.
Hear the Vamana story
Read the katha to children; Bali's generosity and Vamana's three strides are among the best-loved stories of the tradition.
The custom, in short
Parivartini Ekadashi do's and don'ts
Do
Eat one light sattvic meal on Dashami, before sunset.
Take the sankalp in the morning and keep the fast in the form you chose.
Put a tulsi leaf, picked the day before, on every offering.
Chant Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya and read or hear the katha.
Light a lamp before Vishnu and beside the tulsi at dusk.
Keep at least part of the night awake in kirtan or japa.
Give food or water to someone in need, and give daan on Dwadashi before parana.
Break the fast inside the parana window on Dwadashi.
Give something you promised, and give it whole, as Bali gave Vamana his three steps.
Don't
Do not eat rice, wheat, dal or any other grain or pulse on Ekadashi.
Do not pluck tulsi leaves on Ekadashi.
Do not eat onion, garlic, meat or eggs, or drink alcohol, from Dashami to Dwadashi.
Do not sleep during the day.
Do not quarrel, lie or speak harshly.
Do not break the fast during Hari Vasara, or let Dwadashi pass without parana.
Do not press the sick, the elderly, pregnant or nursing women or children into a strict fast; anyone with diabetes or another condition, or on regular medicine, should ask a doctor before fasting.
Do not take back a gift or a word once given; Bali would not, even when warned.
Across India
Parivartini Ekadashi customs and food
By region
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
Jaljhulni Ekadashi, also called Dol Gyaras: temple images of Krishna and Vishnu are carried in decorated palanquins to a lake or river, bathed there and brought back in procession.
North India
Parivartini or Parsva Ekadashi, kept for Vishnu as Vamana, midway through Chaturmas.
Bhog, prasad and fasting food
What may be eaten on any Ekadashi, from fruit and sabudana to samak rice and the parana meal, is in the Ekadashi food list.
Parivartini Ekadashi across five years
Two years back, this year, and two ahead. Past years are kept rather than dropped so you can check the engine against a calendar you already have.
Parivartini Ekadashi across five years
Year
Date
Status
2024
Saturday, 14 September 2024
past
2025
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
past
2026This year
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
past
2027
Saturday, 11 September 2027
upcoming
2028
Wednesday, 30 August 2028
upcoming
Every row is computed for New Delhi from the same ephemeris, not looked up. Sunrise decides which day a tithi names, and sunrise differs across India by more than an hour, so a date computed for Delhi can be a day out elsewhere.
Why calendars disagree about this date
There is no single authority that settles a Hindu festival date, and the divergence is genuine rather than sloppy. Three causes account for almost all of it.
A tithi rarely starts at sunrise. One that is running at the deciding moment on two days — or on none — is claimed by both days under different rules.
Month reckoning. North India runs purnimanta, the south and west amanta. The same dark fortnight carries different month names in the two, so an observance defined as "krishna X of month Y" can land a full lunation apart.
Which moment decides. Most vratas belong to the day whose sunrise carries the tithi, but not all: this one is decided at sunrise. Almanacs that apply the sunrise rule to everything move several festivals by a day.
So this page shows its working. If your pandit or your family almanac gives a different day, the instants above will usually show you exactly why — and that is more useful than a date asserted without one.
In New Delhi, Parivartini Ekadashi falls on Saturday, 11 September 2027, and Ekadashi tithi runs 5:00 PM (10 Sep) to 7:36 PM. It is the bright-half Ekadashi of Bhadrapada in every calendar, midway through Chaturmas, about two months after Devshayani.
Why does another calendar give a different Parivartini Ekadashi date?
Three honest reasons. The tithi can be running at the deciding moment on two days or on none. North India reckons the month purnimanta and the south and west amanta, which names the same krishna fortnight differently. And almanacs differ on which moment of the day decides an observance. The instants above are the astronomy; the day is an interpretation of them.
Why is Parivartini Ekadashi observed?
Parivartini Ekadashi, in the bright half of Bhadrapada, falls midway through Chaturmas: it is the day Vishnu, asleep since Devshayani, is said to turn (parivartan) onto his other side — hence also Parsva Ekadashi. It is kept for Vishnu as Vamana, whose story it carries. In Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh it is Jaljhulni Ekadashi, when temple images are carried in procession to the water.
Where does the Parivartini Ekadashi vrat katha come from?
It is told in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, in Krishna's Ekadashi-mahatmya to Yudhishthira, which retells the Vamana story of the Bhagavata Purana. The katha is retold in full above.
Is Parivartini Ekadashi on a different day for Smarta and Vaishnava (ISKCON)?
Not this year — both keep Saturday, 11 September 2027. The Vaishnava rule reads Ekadashi at arunodaya, and Ekadashi already holds that day's arunodaya.
When is Jaljhulni Ekadashi, and is it the same day?
Yes. Jaljhulni Ekadashi, or Dol Gyaras, is the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh name for Parivartini Ekadashi, so in New Delhi it too is on Saturday, 11 September 2027. That is the day the temple images are carried to the water.
What is the Parsva (Parivartini) Ekadashi parana time?
Parsva Ekadashi's fast is broken on Dwadashi: in New Delhi the window is 12 Sep, 6:04 AM to 8:33 AM, after Hari Vasara has ended (12 Sep, 2:16 AM). Many calendars keep that Dwadashi as Vamana Jayanti, so the parana morning is Vamana's own day.
What is the Parivartini Ekadashi vrat katha?
In the Treta Yuga King Bali, grandson of Prahlada, had conquered the three worlds. Vishnu was born as Vamana, a small brahmin boy, and at Bali's great sacrifice asked for only three steps of land. Though his guru Shukracharya warned him, Bali gave it. Vamana grew immense, covered the earth and the heavens in two strides, and set the third on Bali's bowed head, sending him to rule Sutala, and promised to stay with him. The full katha is above.
What is Parivartini Ekadashi, and why is it called so?
Parivartan means turning. The Ekadashi-mahatmya says that on this day the sleeping Vishnu, resting on Shesha since Devshayani, turns onto his other side, so the day is Parivartini, and also Parsva, of the side. It is kept for Vishnu as Vamana.
Is Vamana Jayanti the day after Parivartini Ekadashi?
In many calendars, yes: Vamana Jayanti, the birth of Vishnu as Vamana, is kept on the Dwadashi of the bright half of Bhadrapada, the day the Parivartini fast is broken. Families who keep both worship Vamana before the parana.
How is Jaljhulni Ekadashi celebrated?
In towns and villages of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh the temple images, Krishna above all, are placed in decorated palanquins and carried with music to a lake, river or tank, bathed and worshipped there, and brought back in procession. Families join with flowers, bhajans and the day's fast.
What is the significance of Parivartini Ekadashi?
It marks the midpoint of Chaturmas and Vishnu's turning in his sleep, and it carries the story of Bali, whose generosity and surrender moved Vishnu to promise to stay with him. Families keep it as a day of giving and of keeping one's word.
Is Parivartini Ekadashi in August or September?
Usually September; in some years the last days of August. It falls between late August and late September, two months after Devshayani. The date for New Delhi is Saturday, 11 September 2027, and the table of years on this page lists the others.
Is Chaturmas half over on Parivartini Ekadashi?
Very nearly. Chaturmas runs from Devshayani in Ashadha to Dev Uthani in Kartika, and Parivartini, in Bhadrapada, is the Ekadashi of its midpoint, which is why the sleeping Vishnu is said to turn now. Many renew their Chaturmas vows on this day.
How is the Parivartini Ekadashi puja done at home?
Bathe early, take the sankalp, and worship Vishnu as Vamana with water, panchamrit, sandalwood, yellow flowers, tulsi picked the day before, a lamp and fruit. Read the Bali and Vamana katha, sing the aarti, and in the evening, if the image was laid to rest on Devshayani, turn it gently onto its other side. Break the fast in the parana window.
Which aarti is sung on Parivartini Ekadashi?
Om Jai Jagdish Hare, given in full above, after the morning puja and again at dusk. Where the day is Jaljhulni Ekadashi, the processions sing bhajans of Krishna on the way to the water, and the aarti is performed at the water's edge before the images return.
