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Vrat · Magh Shukla Ekadashi

Jaya Ekadashi 2027

जया एकादशी

Wednesday 17 February 2027 · in 109 days

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Jaya Ekadashi comes in the bright half of Magh, as winter begins to soften. Its story is about two celestial musicians who lost their way and found it again.

Parana muhurat6:57 AM to 9:12 AM

On 18 February, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends. Ekadashi runs from 8:20 PM on 16 Feb to 5:32 PM on 17 Feb.

Delhi · times in IST

Pujas for Jaya 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

Jaya Ekadashi 2027: date and timings

Date
Wednesday 17 February 2027
Tithi
Magh Shukla Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
8:20 PM, 16 February
Ekadashi ends
5:32 PM, 17 February
Parana (breaking the fast)
6:57 AM to 9:12 AM (18 February)
Sunrise
6:58 AM
Sunset
6:12 PM

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

Other years

Jaya Ekadashi 2026: date and timings

Date
Thursday 29 January 2026
Tithi
Magh Shukla Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
4:37 PM, 28 January
Ekadashi ends
1:56 PM, 29 January
Parana (breaking the fast)
7:10 AM to 9:20 AM (30 January)
Sunrise
7:10 AM
Sunset
5:57 PM

How to observe

  1. Take a light meal before sunset on Dashami.
  2. Keep Ekadashi free of grains, with fruit and milk, 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 and yellow flowers.
  4. Spend the evening in bhajan or kirtan; music suits this day well.
  5. Break the fast on Dwadashi within the parana time shown.

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About Jaya Ekadashi

Jaya Ekadashi falls on the eleventh day of the bright half of Magh, a few days after Vasant Panchami, when the mustard fields are in flower and the cold begins to ease. Its name means 'victory', understood here as the quiet victory of setting a mistake right.

The story, as Krishna tells it to Yudhishthira, is set in Indra's court, where the Gandharvas sang and danced for the gods. During one performance the singer Malyavan and the dancer Pushpavati were so taken with each other that they lost the rhythm and the tune. Indra, displeased, sent them down from heaven to live as restless spirits on the cold slopes of the Himalaya. There they had no shelter and little to eat. On Jaya Ekadashi, without planning it, they ate nothing but a few fruits, and the cold kept them awake all night, thinking of Vishnu. The story says that this unplanned fast and vigil gave them back their true form, and they returned to heaven.

What stays with people from this story is its kindness. Malyavan and Pushpavati do not earn their way back through some grand effort; a single sincere day is enough. For that reason Jaya Ekadashi is often kept by people who feel they have drifted from their practice and want an easy, honest way back in.

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

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