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When is Yogini Ekadashi 2027?

Yogini Ekadashi 2027

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Wed, 30 Jun

Yogini Ekadashi 2027 is on Wednesday, 30 June. Parana, breaking the fast, is on 1 July, 5:26 AM to 8:13 AM in New Delhi.

2028: Sunday, 18 June 2028

Parana (breaking the fast), 1 Jul 2027

5:26 AM – 8:13 AM

New Delhi

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Wednesday, 30 June 2027

Yogini Ekadashi 2027 timings in New Delhi
TimingNew DelhiWhat it is
Parana (breaking the fast), 1 Jul 20275:26 AM to 8:13 AMThe window is the first fifth of the daylight (pratahkala).

Yogini Ekadashi is not a Gregorian date. It is Krishna paksha tithi 11 of Jyeshtha 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, Krishna paksha
Lunar month
Jyeshtha (amanta)
Tithi begins
29 Jun, 10:04 PM
Tithi ends
30 Jun, 8:31 PM
Decided at
Sunrise
Sunrise in New Delhi
30 Jun, 5:26 AM

Sunrise in New Delhi falls at 5:26 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.

Krishna paksha · Ashadha (purnimanta) · Jyeshtha (amanta)

Yogini Ekadashi 2027: Smarta and Vaishnava dates

Yogini Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of the dark (krishna) half of Ashadha in the purnimanta reckoning used across North India, and of Jyeshtha in the amanta reckoning used in the south and west. It is the same night: the two calendars name the dark fortnight after different months.

Listed here (Smarta, the sunrise rule)
Wednesday, 30 June 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
Wednesday, 30 June 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 Wednesday, 30 June 2027 (30 Jun, 3:50 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

Yogini Ekadashi vrat katha and significance

Yogini Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of the dark fortnight of Ashadha in the purnimanta reckoning — Jyeshtha Krishna in the amanta one — and the last Ekadashi before Devshayani opens Chaturmas. It is kept for Vishnu, often with worship of the peepal tree, and its katha is about a duty neglected and the curse that followed, so the day is associated with setting right what one has failed to do.

The katha

Retold in brief from the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, in Krishna's Ekadashi-mahatmya to Yudhishthira.

In Alakapuri, the city of Kubera, a yaksha named Hemamali had one duty: to bring fresh flowers from the Manasa lake every morning for Kubera's worship of Shiva.

One day he went home to his wife Vishalakshi instead and stayed with her, and the flowers never came. Kubera waited through the hour of worship, then sent to find out why. When he learnt that Hemamali had simply forgotten his duty, he cursed him: he would lose his place, be parted from his wife and suffer leprosy on the earth.

Hemamali fell from Alakapuri and wandered the forests in pain until he reached the ashram of the sage Markandeya in the Himalaya. He told the sage the whole truth, without excuses. Because he had not lied, Markandeya helped him: keep the Yogini Ekadashi of the dark fortnight of Ashadha, he said, and the curse will end.

Hemamali kept the fast with care. The Purana says the curse fell away, his body was restored and he returned to Alakapuri and to his wife. Krishna tells Yudhishthira that the merit of this one fast equals feeding eighty-eight thousand brahmins.

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.

The next Ekadashi and its parana · every Ekadashi of 2027 with tithi and parana times

All Yogini Ekadashi 2027 muhurat · New Delhi

Yogini Ekadashi muhurat

Yogini Ekadashi, the last Ekadashi before Chaturmas begins, is kept for Vishnu in the dark fortnight of Ashadha, often with worship of the peepal tree. In New Delhi it falls on Wednesday, 30 June 2027: the fast runs from sunrise to parana on Dwadashi, 1 Jul, 5:26 AM to 8:13 AM. Its katha makes it the Ekadashi of setting right a duty neglected.

All Yogini Ekadashi 2027 muhurat in New Delhi
MuhuratTime in New DelhiWhat it is for
Parana: the time to break the fast1 Jul, 5:26 AM to 8:13 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 Yogini 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 ends1 Jul, 1:57 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 Muhurta4:05 AM to 4:45 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.

Sunrise5:26 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)
  • Labh 5:26 AM to 7:10 AM
  • Amrit 7:10 AM to 8:55 AM
  • Shubh 10:40 AM to 12:24 PM
  • Chal 3:53 PM to 5:38 PM
  • Labh 5:38 PM to 7:23 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 lamps7:23 PM to 9:23 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 vigil1 Jul, 12:04 AM to 12:45 AMThe 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 of12:24 PM to 2:09 PMRahu'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
WindowTime in New DelhiWhat it is
Amrit Kaal4:22 PM to 5:55 PMMost Auspicious
Brahma Muhurat4:05 AM to 4:45 AMAuspicious

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
WindowTime in New Delhi
Rahu Kaal12:24 PM to 2:09 PM
Yamaganda Kaal7:10 AM to 8:55 AM
Durmuhurta First11:56 AM to 12:52 PM
Varjyam7:05 AM to 8:38 AM

Every time above is computed for New Delhi around Wednesday, 30 June 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

Yogini Ekadashi puja vidhi

  1. The day before: Dashami

    Eat a single simple meal on Dashami, before sunset, without onion, garlic or rice, and keep the evening light and quiet. Clean the puja corner and pick the tulsi leaves you will need, since tulsi is not plucked on Ekadashi itself.

  2. Wake early and bathe

    Rise early on Ekadashi, in Brahma Muhurta if you can, bathe (a few drops of Ganga jal in the water if you have it) and put on clean clothes; yellow is the colour traditionally worn for Vishnu.

  3. 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 Yogini 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.

  4. Set up the altar

    Spread a yellow cloth on a clean chowki and place an image of Vishnu or Krishna on it (a Shaligram or Laddu Gopal if the house keeps one), with a ghee lamp and a small kalash or lota of water. Remember Ganesh first, with a flower and Om Gam Ganapataye Namah, as every puja begins.

  5. Worship Vishnu

    Bathe a metal idol or the Shaligram with water, then panchamrit, then water again (for a picture, sprinkle water with a flower). Offer sandalwood, yellow flowers, a yellow cloth or mauli, incense, the lamp and tulsi leaves picked the day before, chanting Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. Many households keep rice out of the Ekadashi puja altogether and offer a flower or a few sesame seeds where akshat would go.

  6. Worship the peepal

    After the home puja, many go to a peepal tree, pour water at its roots, wind a raw cotton thread around it and light a lamp beneath it, saying the Gita verse in which Krishna names the ashvattha as his own form among trees.

  7. Offer bhog

    Offer what you will eat yourself: fruit, a sweet made without grain, makhana, dry fruit or panchamrit, with a tulsi leaf on each offering. Nothing cooked from grain or pulses is offered or eaten on Ekadashi.

  8. Katha and aarti

    Read or listen to the Yogini 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.

  9. Set right a neglected duty

    Hemamali's curse came from a duty simply forgotten. After the katha, take up one thing you have long left undone, or make amends to someone you let down; the day is associated with setting such things right.

  10. Through the day

    Keep the fast as you resolved it, keep Vishnu's name in mind and avoid sleeping in the day, anger, gossip and harsh words. Give water, fruit or food to someone who needs it; charity is part of every Ekadashi.

  11. Lamps at dusk

    At sunset light a ghee lamp before Vishnu and another beside the tulsi plant, without plucking its leaves, and sing the aarti again.

  12. The night vigil

    Stay awake for as much of the night as you can, in kirtan, japa or reading; the middle of the night is the heart of the jagran. Those who cannot keep the whole night keep a part of it.

  13. Dwadashi: give, then break the fast

    Next morning bathe, worship Vishnu briefly and give food, grain or a gift to a brahmin or someone in need. Then break the fast inside the parana window: a tulsi leaf with water, or a fruit, first, saying the parana verse, and after it a simple sattvic meal.

Samagri · what to keep ready

Yogini Ekadashi puja samagri list

  • An image of Vishnu or Krishna A framed picture is enough; a metal idol, a Shaligram or Laddu Gopal is bathed in the puja.
  • A chowki and a yellow cloth Yellow is Vishnu's colour; a clean red cloth also does.
  • Tulsi leaves Picked on Dashami, because tulsi is not plucked on Ekadashi; one goes on every offering.
  • A ghee lamp and cotton wicks One for the altar and one for the tulsi at dusk; sesame oil is the usual alternative.
  • Yellow flowers and a garland Marigold, champa or any fresh yellow flowers; a lotus if you can find one.
  • Chandan (sandalwood paste) For the deity's tilak; haldi paste is the alternative.
  • Roli and haldi For the tilak and for marking the kalash.
  • Panchamrit Milk, curd, ghee, honey and sugar, for the bath of the idol and as prasad.
  • Ganga jal A few drops in the bath water and to purify the altar; clean water if you have none.
  • A kalash or lota of water For the bath, achaman and the sankalp.
  • Incense and dhoop Whatever you use every day.
  • Camphor, an aarti plate and a bell For the aarti; a conch if the house has one.
  • Mauli (kalava) Offered as the deity's cloth or tied on the wrist.
  • A yellow cloth for the deity Optional; mauli takes its place.
  • Fruits of the season Banana, apple, guava, pomegranate or whatever is fresh, offered and then eaten as phalahar.
  • Grain-free sweets Makhana kheer, mishri, peda or dry fruit; nothing made with flour or rice.
  • A few sesame seeds Offered where akshat would go by the many households that keep rice out of the Ekadashi puja.
  • A tulsi mala For 108 repetitions of the mantra.
  • The vrat katha, Vishnu Sahasranama or Gita A book or a phone; reading the katha is part of the vrat.
  • Daan for Dwadashi Grain, fruit, clothes or dakshina, given before parana.
  • Water, raw thread and a lamp for the peepal For the peepal worship many add to the day.
  • Fresh flowers, gathered in the morning The katha's neglected duty was bringing flowers for worship; bring them yourself today.

Mantras · in Devanagari, with meaning

Yogini Ekadashi mantras and aarti

Shantakaram: the Vishnu dhyana verse

शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम् ।
लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यं वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् ॥

Shantakaram bhujagashayanam padmanabham suresham vishvadharam gaganasadrisham meghavarnam shubhangam
Lakshmikantam kamalanayanam yogibhir dhyanagamyam vande Vishnum bhavabhayaharam sarvalokaikanatham

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, with folded hands, before the worship begins, picturing Vishnu as the verse describes him.

The Ekadashi sankalpa verse

एकादश्यां निराहारः स्थित्वाहमपरेऽहनि ।
भोक्ष्यामि पुण्डरीकाक्ष शरणं मे भवाच्युत ॥

Ekadashyam niraharah sthitvaham apare'hani
Bhokshyami pundarikaksha sharanam me bhavachyuta

Meaning: O lotus-eyed Lord, I shall stay without food on Ekadashi and eat on the day after. O Achyuta, be my refuge.

When and how: Once in the morning, with water in the right hand, while taking the sankalp of the fast.

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya (the twelve-syllable mantra)

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

Meaning: Om, salutation to the Lord Vasudeva, Vishnu as the one who dwells in all beings. It is the mantra Narada taught the boy Dhruva in the Bhagavata Purana.

When and how: The main japa of Ekadashi: 108 times on a tulsi mala during the puja, and as often as you like through the day and the night vigil.

Bhagavad Gita, chapter 10, verse 26

अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः ।
गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः ॥

Ashvatthah sarva-vrikshanam devarshinam cha Naradah
Gandharvanam Chitrarathah siddhanam Kapilo munih

Meaning: Of all trees I am the ashvattha (peepal), of the divine sages Narada, of the gandharvas Chitraratha, of the perfected ones the sage Kapila. It is the verse most often given for why the peepal is honoured as a form of Vishnu.

When and how: Said once at the peepal tree, while offering water and tying the thread.

The parana verse

अज्ञानतिमिरान्धस्य व्रतेनानेन केशव ।
प्रसीद सुमुखो नाथ ज्ञानदृष्टिप्रदो भव ॥

Ajnana-timirandhasya vratenanena Keshava
Prasida sumukho natha jnana-drishti-prado bhava

Meaning: O Keshava, by this vow be pleased with one who is blinded by the darkness of ignorance. Be gracious, Lord, and grant the sight of knowledge.

When and how: Once on Dwadashi, inside the parana window, before the first sip of water or bite of fruit.

Aarti Vishnu Aarti: Om Jai Jagdish Hare the full text

ॐ जय जगदीश हरे, स्वामी जय जगदीश हरे।
भक्त जनों के संकट, दास जनों के संकट, क्षण में दूर करे॥
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

जो ध्यावे फल पावे, दुःख बिनसे मन का, स्वामी दुःख बिनसे मन का।
सुख सम्पति घर आवे, सुख सम्पति घर आवे, कष्ट मिटे तन का॥
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

मात पिता तुम मेरे, शरण गहूं किसकी, स्वामी शरण गहूं मैं किसकी।
तुम बिन और न दूजा, तुम बिन और न दूजा, आस करूं मैं जिसकी॥
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

तुम पूरण परमात्मा, तुम अन्तर्यामी, स्वामी तुम अन्तर्यामी।
पारब्रह्म परमेश्वर, पारब्रह्म परमेश्वर, तुम सब के स्वामी॥
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

तुम करुणा के सागर, तुम पालनकर्ता, स्वामी तुम पालनकर्ता।
मैं मूरख फलकामी, मैं सेवक तुम स्वामी, कृपा करो भर्ता॥
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

तुम हो एक अगोचर, सबके प्राणपति, स्वामी सबके प्राणपति।
किस विधि मिलूं दयामय, किस विधि मिलूं दयामय, तुमको मैं कुमति॥
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

दीन-बन्धु दुःख-हर्ता, ठाकुर तुम मेरे, स्वामी रक्षक तुम मेरे।
अपने हाथ उठाओ, अपने शरण लगाओ, द्वार पड़ा तेरे॥
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

विषय-विकार मिटाओ, पाप हरो देवा, स्वामी पाप हरो देवा।
श्रद्धा भक्ति बढ़ाओ, श्रद्धा भक्ति बढ़ाओ, सन्तन की सेवा॥

ॐ जय जगदीश हरे, स्वामी जय जगदीश हरे।
भक्त जनों के संकट, दास जनों के संकट, क्षण में दूर करे॥

Om jai Jagdish hare, swami jai Jagdish hare.
Bhakt janon ke sankat, das janon ke sankat, kshan mein door kare.
Om jai Jagdish hare.

Jo dhyave phal pave, dukh binse man ka, swami dukh binse man ka.
Sukh sampati ghar aave, sukh sampati ghar aave, kasht mite tan ka.
Om jai Jagdish hare.

Maat pita tum mere, sharan gahoon kiski, swami sharan gahoon main kiski.
Tum bin aur na dooja, tum bin aur na dooja, aas karoon main jiski.
Om jai Jagdish hare.

Tum pooran Parmatma, tum antaryami, swami tum antaryami.
Parabrahm Parmeshwar, Parabrahm Parmeshwar, tum sab ke swami.
Om jai Jagdish hare.

Tum karuna ke sagar, tum palankarta, swami tum palankarta.
Main moorakh phalkami, main sevak tum swami, kripa karo bharta.
Om jai Jagdish hare.

Tum ho ek agochar, sabke pranpati, swami sabke pranpati.
Kis vidhi miloon dayamay, kis vidhi miloon dayamay, tumko main kumati.
Om jai Jagdish hare.

Deen-bandhu dukh-harta, thakur tum mere, swami rakshak tum mere.
Apne haath uthao, apne sharan lagao, dwar pada tere.
Om jai Jagdish hare.

Vishay-vikar mitao, paap haro deva, swami paap haro deva.
Shraddha bhakti badhao, shraddha bhakti badhao, santan ki seva.

Om jai Jagdish hare, swami jai Jagdish hare.
Bhakt janon ke sankat, das janon ke sankat, kshan mein door kare.

Text as it is commonly sung. The Gita Press Aarti Sangrah prints 'prabhu' for 'swami', 'chhin mein' for 'kshan mein' and 'khal kami' for 'phalkami'; it does not repeat the half-lines, has no 'das janon ke sankat', 'main sevak tum swami' or 'apne sharan lagao', and reads 'tum thakur mere' for 'thakur tum mere, swami rakshak tum mere'. Printed text

Significance

Why Yogini Ekadashi is kept

What this day asks is unglamorous: do the thing you have been putting off. Its katha turns on a yaksha who simply forgot to bring the flowers for his master's worship, and on the sage who helped him because he told the whole truth without a single excuse. So many use the day to finish a neglected duty, repay a debt or own up to a lapse, and water a peepal and light a lamp beneath it, since the Gita names the peepal as Krishna's form among trees.

Rath Yatra follows about a week later and Devshayani a fortnight on, so the four months of Chaturmas are close: a good day to choose the vow you will keep through them. The katha's promise is that the merit of this one fast equals feeding eighty-eight thousand brahmins; feeding even one person on Dwadashi is a fitting way to honour it.

Upay · traditional practice

Yogini Ekadashi upay: traditional remedies

Water and a lamp for the peepal

Pour water at the roots of a peepal, wind raw thread around it and light a lamp beneath it, with the Gita verse that names the ashvattha as Krishna's own form.

Do the thing you put off

Hemamali's fault was not malice but neglect. Take up one duty you have long put off, at home or at work, and finish it before Chaturmas begins.

Tell the whole truth

Markandeya helped Hemamali because he hid nothing. If you owe someone an apology, give it plainly, without excuses.

Flowers for someone else's worship

The katha's duty was bringing flowers for worship. Offer fresh flowers at a temple, or bring them for an elder's daily puja.

Feed others

The Purana weighs this fast against feeding eighty-eight thousand brahmins. Feed even one person in need on Dwadashi, before your own parana.

Prepare for Chaturmas

Yogini is the last Ekadashi before the four months of restraint. Decide now what you will keep or give up through Chaturmas, and begin it from Devshayani.

The custom, in short

Yogini 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.
  • Water a peepal tree and light a lamp beneath it.
  • Finish one duty you have neglected, or make amends for it.

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 make excuses where an apology is due; in the katha the whole truth opened the way to the remedy.

Across India

Yogini Ekadashi bhog and food

  • Fruit and milk The simplest phalahar: seasonal fruit, milk, curd or buttermilk through the day.
  • Sabudana khichdi Sago with potato and rock salt, often with peanuts; a staple fasting meal in many homes.
  • Kuttu or singhara puri Buckwheat or water-chestnut flour with potato sabzi, in families whose custom allows these flours.
  • Samak, the vrat rice Barnyard millet cooked like rice in North India; some traditions count millets as grain and leave it out.
  • Potato, sweet potato and arbi Boiled, or lightly fried in ghee with rock salt, cumin and green chilli.
  • Makhana Roasted, or as kheer, for the bhog and the fast.
  • Sendha namak (rock salt) Used instead of common salt by most who fast; some keep the day without salt altogether.
  • The parana meal On Dwadashi, a tulsi leaf with water or a fruit first, then a simple home-cooked meal; grain returns with the parana.

Yogini 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.

Yogini Ekadashi across five years
YearDateStatus
2024Tuesday, 2 July 2024past
2025Saturday, 21 June 2025past
2026This yearFriday, 10 July 2026past
2027Wednesday, 30 June 2027upcoming
2028Sunday, 18 June 2028upcoming

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Common questions

When is Yogini Ekadashi?

In New Delhi, Yogini Ekadashi falls on Wednesday, 30 June 2027, and Ekadashi tithi runs 10:04 PM (29 Jun) to 8:31 PM. It is the dark-fortnight Ekadashi of Ashadha in North India (Jyeshtha Krishna in the amanta calendar), about two weeks before Devshayani Ekadashi opens Chaturmas.

Why does another calendar give a different Yogini 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 Yogini Ekadashi observed?

Yogini Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of the dark fortnight of Ashadha in the purnimanta reckoning — Jyeshtha Krishna in the amanta one — and the last Ekadashi before Devshayani opens Chaturmas. It is kept for Vishnu, often with worship of the peepal tree, and its katha is about a duty neglected and the curse that followed, so the day is associated with setting right what one has failed to do.

Where does the Yogini Ekadashi vrat katha come from?

It is told in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, in Krishna's Ekadashi-mahatmya to Yudhishthira. The katha is retold in full above.

Is Yogini Ekadashi on a different day for Smarta and Vaishnava (ISKCON)?

Not this year — both keep Wednesday, 30 June 2027. The Vaishnava rule reads Ekadashi at arunodaya, and Ekadashi already holds that day's arunodaya.

Is Yogini Ekadashi in June or July?

Usually June, sometimes the first days of July: it falls between mid-June and early July, a fortnight after Nirjala. The date for New Delhi is Wednesday, 30 June 2027; the table of years on this page lists the others.

What is the Yogini Ekadashi parana time?

Parana is on Dwadashi: in New Delhi, 1 Jul, 5:26 AM to 8:13 AM, after Hari Vasara ends (1 Jul, 1:57 AM). The monsoon is near or begun by then, so after the tulsi leaf and water, a light, freshly cooked meal suits the season.

What is the Yogini Ekadashi vrat katha?

The yaksha Hemamali's only duty in Kubera's city of Alakapuri was to bring flowers from the Manasa lake each morning for Kubera's worship of Shiva. One day he stayed home with his wife instead, and Kubera, waiting in vain, cursed him to lose his place and suffer on earth. Hemamali wandered until he reached the sage Markandeya, told him the whole truth, and was told to keep the Yogini Ekadashi; the curse fell away. The full katha is above.

What is Yogini Ekadashi?

It is the dark-fortnight Ekadashi of Ashadha, the last before Chaturmas, kept for Vishnu and often with worship of the peepal. Its katha, about a forgotten duty and the curse that followed, makes it the day for setting right what one has failed to do.

What is the importance of Yogini Ekadashi?

Krishna tells Yudhishthira that the merit of this one fast equals feeding eighty-eight thousand brahmins, and the katha shows it lifting a curse that came from neglect. It is valued as the Ekadashi of amends, and as the last chance to steady oneself before the four months of Chaturmas.

Why is the peepal tree worshipped on Yogini Ekadashi?

The peepal, the ashvattha, is named in the Gita as Krishna's own form among trees, and it is worshipped as Vishnu's on many Ekadashis; on Yogini many families add it to the puja, with water, raw thread and a lamp. Its verse is in the mantra section.

How is Yogini Ekadashi connected to Chaturmas?

It is the last Ekadashi before Devshayani, the Ekadashi that opens Chaturmas, the four months in which Vishnu is said to rest and weddings and new beginnings are set aside. Many use Yogini to settle unfinished work and decide what they will keep or give up in those months.

How is the Yogini Ekadashi vrat kept?

Eat one sattvic meal on Dashami. On Ekadashi bathe early, take the sankalp and worship Vishnu with tulsi, yellow flowers, fruit and a ghee lamp, then water a peepal and light a lamp there. Read the Hemamali katha, keep the fast and part of the night in kirtan, take up one neglected duty, and break the fast in the parana window on Dwadashi.

Which aarti is sung on Yogini Ekadashi?

Om Jai Jagdish Hare, printed in full above, is sung after the morning puja and again at dusk. Some families light the peepal's lamp during the evening aarti and add the Ekadashi Mata aarti from their vrat book.

Which mantra is chanted on Yogini Ekadashi?

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya, 108 times on a tulsi mala, is the day's japa. At the peepal, many say the Gita verse Ashvatthah sarva-vrikshanam, in which Krishna names the peepal as his own form. Both are in the mantra section with their meaning.

What are the benefits of the Yogini Ekadashi fast?

The Purana says it lifted Hemamali's curse and restored him, and that its merit equals feeding eighty-eight thousand brahmins. Those are the tradition's words, kept with faith, not promises. What it asks of you is plain: own a neglected duty, tell the truth about it and put it right.