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Vrat · Ashadh Shukla Ekadashi

Devshayani Ekadashi 2027

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Wednesday 14 July 2027 · in 256 days

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Devshayani Ekadashi, also called Ashadhi, Padma or Harishayani Ekadashi, falls in the bright half of Ashadha. On this day Vishnu is believed to lie down on Shesha for four months of yogic sleep.

Parana muhurat5:33 AM to 8:18 AM

On 15 July, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends. Ekadashi runs from 12:09 PM on 13 Jul to 1:11 PM on 14 Jul.

Delhi · times in IST

Pujas for Devshayani 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॥

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.

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

Devshayani Ekadashi 2027: date and timings

Date
Wednesday 14 July 2027
Tithi
Ashadh Shukla Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
12:09 PM, 13 July
Ekadashi ends
1:11 PM, 14 July
Parana (breaking the fast)
5:33 AM to 8:18 AM (15 July)
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Sunset
7:21 PM

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

Other years

Devshayani Ekadashi 2026: date and timings

Date
Saturday 25 July 2026
Tithi
Ashadh Shukla Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
9:13 AM, 24 July
Ekadashi ends
11:35 AM, 25 July
Parana (breaking the fast)
5:39 AM to 8:22 AM (26 July)
Sunrise
5:38 AM
Sunset
7:16 PM

How to observe

  1. Have a light, simple meal on Dashami evening.
  2. On Ekadashi, avoid grains and rice and keep a fruit and milk fast, or nirjala by choice. People with health conditions, pregnant women, the elderly and children can keep it with fruit and water instead.
  3. Worship Vishnu with tulsi leaves, yellow flowers and a lamp, and lay his image to rest if that is your custom.
  4. Choose a simple personal discipline to keep through Chaturmas.
  5. Break the fast on Dwadashi morning after Hari Vasara, within the parana time shown above.

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About Devshayani Ekadashi

Devshayani Ekadashi falls on the eleventh day of Ashadha Shukla, as the monsoon settles in. The name means the Ekadashi on which the god lies down. It is believed that Vishnu goes into yoga nidra, a restful yogic sleep, on the coils of the serpent Shesha in the ocean of milk, and wakes four months later on Prabodhini Ekadashi in Kartika.

These four months are called Chaturmas. By long custom, weddings, house warmings and other large ceremonies are paused during this time and resume after Vishnu wakes. Many people take up a personal discipline for Chaturmas, such as giving up a particular food, eating once a day, reading scripture daily or spending more time in prayer. Monks and wandering sadhus traditionally stay in one place through the rains.

In Maharashtra this day is Ashadhi Ekadashi, the high point of the Pandharpur Wari. For weeks before it, lakhs of warkaris walk to Pandharpur in great processions, singing abhangs and carrying the palkhis of their saints, to reach the temple of Vitthal, Krishna standing on a brick, by Ekadashi. The day is also remembered through the story of King Mandhata, whose kingdom suffered a long drought until, on a sage’s advice, he and his people kept this fast and the rains returned.

The fast follows the familiar pattern. A light meal is taken on Dashami evening. On Ekadashi grains and rice are set aside; most keep a phalahar of fruit and milk, some keep it nirjala by choice. Vishnu is worshipped with tulsi, yellow flowers and a lamp, and in many homes his image is laid to rest on a small bed for the four months ahead. The evening is spent in bhajan.

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