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Vrat · Phalgun Shukla Ekadashi

Amalaki Ekadashi 2027

आमलकी एकादशी

Thursday 18 March 2027 · in 138 days

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On Amalaki Ekadashi the amla tree is worshipped as a home of Vishnu. In Kashi the same day is Rangbhari Ekadashi, when Holi's colours first appear.

Parana muhurat7:13 AM to 8:51 AM

On 19 March, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends. Ekadashi runs from 4:22 AM on 18 Mar to 1:52 AM on 19 Mar.

Delhi · times in IST

Pujas for Amalaki Ekadashi, in order

Vishnu Puja

विष्णु पूजाMorning, after bath

Vishnu is worshipped as the one who keeps the world in order, with tulsi and yellow flowers.

You will need
  • Vishnu idol or Shaligram
  • Tulsi leaves
  • Yellow flowers
  • Panchamrit
  • Ghee diya
  • Incense
Steps
  1. Bathe the idol or Shaligram with panchamrit.
  2. Offer tulsi leaves and yellow flowers.
  3. Chant the mantra 108 times.
  4. Sing the aarti.
Mantraॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवायom namo bhagavate vasudevaya
Aarti: Om Jai Jagdish Hare

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

जो ध्यावे फल पावे, दुःख बिनसे मन का, स्वामी दुःख बिनसे मन का।
सुख सम्पत्ति घर आवे, कष्ट मिटे तन का॥

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

तुम पूरण परमात्मा, तुम अन्तर्यामी, स्वामी तुम अन्तर्यामी।
पारब्रह्म परमेश्वर, तुम सब के स्वामी॥

तुम करुणा के सागर, तुम पालनकर्ता, स्वामी तुम पालनकर्ता।
मैं सेवक तुम स्वामी, कृपा करो भर्ता॥

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

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

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

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Many families also worship their own deity on a festival day. Each one opens a full guide with steps, mantra and aarti.

Vishnu Puja

विष्णु पूजाMorning, after bath

Vishnu is worshipped as the one who keeps the world in order, with tulsi and yellow flowers.

You will need
  • Vishnu idol or Shaligram
  • Tulsi leaves
  • Yellow flowers
  • Panchamrit
  • Ghee diya
  • Incense
Steps
  1. Bathe the idol or Shaligram with panchamrit.
  2. Offer tulsi leaves and yellow flowers.
  3. Chant the mantra 108 times.
  4. Sing the aarti.
Mantraॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवायom namo bhagavate vasudevaya
Aarti: Om Jai Jagdish Hare

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

जो ध्यावे फल पावे, दुःख बिनसे मन का, स्वामी दुःख बिनसे मन का।
सुख सम्पत्ति घर आवे, कष्ट मिटे तन का॥

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

तुम पूरण परमात्मा, तुम अन्तर्यामी, स्वामी तुम अन्तर्यामी।
पारब्रह्म परमेश्वर, तुम सब के स्वामी॥

तुम करुणा के सागर, तुम पालनकर्ता, स्वामी तुम पालनकर्ता।
मैं सेवक तुम स्वामी, कृपा करो भर्ता॥

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

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

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

Add your own deity

Many families also worship their own deity on a festival day. Each one opens a full guide with steps, mantra and aarti.

Other mantras for the day

  • ॐ क्ष्रौं नमो नरसिंहाय om kshraum namo narasimhaya

Amalaki Ekadashi 2027: date and timings

Date
Thursday 18 March 2027
Tithi
Phalgun Shukla Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
4:22 AM, 18 March
Ekadashi ends
1:52 AM, 19 March
Parana (breaking the fast)
7:13 AM to 8:51 AM (19 March)
Sunrise
6:28 AM
Sunset
6:31 PM

Times for New Delhi (IST). Use the city button above for your own city.

Other years

Amalaki Ekadashi 2026: date and timings

Date
Friday 27 February 2026
Tithi
Phalgun Shukla Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
12:34 AM, 27 February
Ekadashi ends
10:33 PM, 27 February
Parana (breaking the fast)
6:47 AM to 9:06 AM (28 February)
Sunrise
6:48 AM
Sunset
6:19 PM

How to observe

  1. Take a light meal on Dashami evening.
  2. Water an amla tree, wind a cotton thread around it and offer flowers and a lamp.
  3. Keep the day without grains, taking fruit, amla and milk, or nirjala by choice. People with health conditions, pregnant women, the elderly and children can keep it with fruit and water instead.
  4. In Varanasi, join the Rangbhari celebrations with gulal for Shiva and Parvati.
  5. Break the fast on Dwadashi within the parana time shown.

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About Amalaki Ekadashi

Amalaki Ekadashi falls on the eleventh day of the bright half of Phalgun, a few days before Holi. Amalaki is the amla, the Indian gooseberry, and on this day the tree itself is the centre of worship. Amla is believed to be dear to Vishnu, and in many homes and temples the tree is treated as his dwelling for the day.

Families go to an amla tree in the morning, often in a temple garden or a neighbour's courtyard. They water its roots, wind a raw cotton thread around the trunk, apply roli and rice, offer flowers, a lamp and incense, and walk around it. Where no tree is near, a small branch or a few amla fruits are worshipped at home instead. Amla is eaten as part of the fast and given away, and some people sit in the shade of the tree for a while in quiet prayer.

The story told for this day speaks of a hunter who came upon a town keeping the Amalaki vigil around an amla tree. Hungry and curious, he stayed through the night, listening to the songs and stories, without eating. The story says that this one night stayed with him, and he was born in a later life as a generous king. In Varanasi the day is Rangbhari Ekadashi, remembered as the day Shiva first brought Parvati to Kashi after their wedding. At Kashi Vishwanath and across the city's lanes, people play with gulal, beginning Holi a few days early.

The fast is kept the usual way: a light meal on Dashami evening, no grains or rice on Ekadashi, fruit (amla among it) and milk, or nirjala by choice, Vishnu puja with tulsi, and bhajan at night. It is broken the next morning on Dwadashi, after Hari Vasara, in the parana time shown above.

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