Vrat calendar · Ekadashi · December 2026
एकादशी दिसंबर 2026Ekadashi December 2026
4 December 2026 · Friday20 December 2026 · Sunday
2 Ekadashi dates in December 2026. Delhi, IST; other cities can differ by a day.
Utpanna Ekadashi · उत्पन्ना एकादशी
4 December 2026 Friday · शुक्रवार
Birth of Ekadashi devi; the best day to start Ekadashi fasts.
Lunar month
मास (पूर्णिमांत)
Margashirsha Krishna
Krishna Ekadashi begins
कृष्ण एकादशी प्रारंभ
3 Dec, 11:04 pm
Krishna Ekadashi ends
कृष्ण एकादशी समाप्त
4 Dec, 11:45 pm
Parana (fast-breaking)
पारण
5 Dec, 6:59 am – 10:19 am
Dwadashi ends
द्वादशी समाप्त
6 Dec, 12:52 am
Mokshada Ekadashi · मोक्षदा एकादशी
20 December 2026 Sunday · रविवार
Gita Jayanti; gives moksha to ancestors.
Lunar month
मास (पूर्णिमांत)
Margashirsha Shukla
Shukla Ekadashi begins
शुक्ल एकादशी प्रारंभ
19 Dec, 10:10 pm
Shukla Ekadashi ends
शुक्ल एकादशी समाप्त
20 Dec, 8:15 pm
Parana (fast-breaking)
पारण
21 Dec, 7:09 am – 10:29 am
Dwadashi ends
द्वादशी समाप्त
21 Dec, 5:36 pm
What to do · व्रत विधि
- Eat sattvic food on Dashami and avoid rice from Dashami evening.
- On Ekadashi: bath, Vishnu puja with tulsi, chant ‘Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya’, read the Ekadashi katha; fast without grains and beans.
- Break the fast in the parana window next morning, ideally with tulsi water and a simple meal; do not break it during Hari Vasara.
Rule used: Ekadashi is observed on the day it prevails at sunrise (udaya tithi). Parana is next morning after sunrise, once Hari Vasara (the first quarter of Dwadashi) has passed and before Dwadashi ends. We show a simple window: from sunrise (or the end of Hari Vasara, if later) to 3h 20m after sunrise or the end of Dwadashi, whichever comes first.