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Vrat · Ashwin Krishna Ekadashi

Indira Ekadashi 2027

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Sunday 26 September 2027 · in 330 days

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Indira Ekadashi falls in the dark half of Ashwin, inside Pitru Paksha, the fortnight for remembering ancestors. It is kept for the peace of those who came before us.

Parana muhurat6:11 AM to 8:35 AM

On 27 September, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends. Ekadashi runs from 10:31 PM on 25 Sep to 7:50 PM on 26 Sep.

Delhi · times in IST

Pujas for Indira 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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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

Indira Ekadashi 2027: date and timings

Date
Sunday 26 September 2027
Tithi
Ashwin Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
10:31 PM, 25 September
Ekadashi ends
7:50 PM, 26 September
Parana (breaking the fast)
6:11 AM to 8:35 AM (27 September)
Sunrise
6:11 AM
Sunset
6:13 PM

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

Other years

Indira Ekadashi 2026: date and timings

Date
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Tithi
Ashwin Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
2:08 AM, 6 October
Ekadashi ends
12:35 AM, 7 October
Parana (breaking the fast)
6:17 AM to 8:37 AM (7 October)
Sunrise
6:16 AM
Sunset
6:01 PM

How to observe

  1. Eat 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, flowers and a lamp, and remember your ancestors by name.
  4. Offer water and sesame in tarpan, or give food to someone in need, in their memory.
  5. Break the fast on Dwadashi morning after Hari Vasara, within the parana time shown above.

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About Indira Ekadashi

Indira Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of Ashwin Krishna in the purnimanta calendar; in the amanta calendar it falls in Bhadrapada Krishna. Either way, it comes during Pitru Paksha, the fortnight when families remember their ancestors with offerings of food, water and prayer. This gives Indira Ekadashi a character of its own: it joins the Vishnu fast with the remembrance of parents, grandparents and others who have passed on.

Its story, as Krishna tells it to Yudhishthira, is about King Indrasena of Mahishmati, a gentle and devoted ruler. One day the sage Narada came to his court and told him that he had met the king’s late father in the other world, where he had not yet found rest. The father had sent a message asking his son to keep the Ekadashi of Ashwin Krishna on his behalf. Narada explained how the fast was to be kept. Indrasena observed it with his family and household and offered its merit to his father, and the story says his father found peace and rose to the higher worlds.

For this reason many families keep Indira Ekadashi with their own ancestors in mind. Some offer tarpan of water and sesame, give food to a priest, a cow or someone in need, and say a quiet prayer for those they have lost. It is a tender, reflective day rather than a festive one, a time to be grateful for the people whose lives made our own possible.

The fast follows the familiar pattern. A light meal is taken on Dashami evening. On Ekadashi grains and rice are set aside; people keep a phalahar of fruit and milk, or nirjala by choice. Vishnu is worshipped with tulsi, flowers and a lamp, often as Shaligrama, and the evening is spent in bhajan.

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