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Vrat · Chaitra Shukla Ekadashi

Kamada Ekadashi 2027

कामदा एकादशी

Saturday 17 April 2027 · in 168 days

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Kamada Ekadashi is the first Ekadashi of the Hindu year, kept in the bright half of Chaitra by those with a heartfelt wish. Its name means the one that fulfils desires.

Parana muhurat5:53 AM to 7:43 AM

On 18 April, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends. Ekadashi runs from 11:22 AM on 16 Apr to 9:28 AM on 17 Apr.

Delhi · times in IST

Pujas for Kamada 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

Kamada Ekadashi 2027: date and timings

Date
Saturday 17 April 2027
Tithi
Chaitra Shukla Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
11:22 AM, 16 April
Ekadashi ends
9:28 AM, 17 April
Parana (breaking the fast)
5:53 AM to 7:43 AM (18 April)
Sunrise
5:54 AM
Sunset
6:47 PM

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

Other years

Kamada Ekadashi 2026: date and timings

Date
Sunday 29 March 2026
Tithi
Chaitra Shukla Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
8:46 AM, 28 March
Ekadashi ends
7:47 AM, 29 March
Parana (breaking the fast)
6:13 AM to 7:10 AM (30 March)
Sunrise
6:15 AM
Sunset
6:37 PM

How to observe

  1. Eat a light, simple meal on Dashami evening and begin the fast at sunrise.
  2. On Ekadashi, set grains and rice aside and keep a fruit and milk fast, or nirjala if you choose. 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 ghee lamp, holding your wish in mind.
  4. Spend the evening in bhajan, kirtan or the quiet chanting of Vishnu’s names.
  5. Break the fast on Dwadashi morning, after Hari Vasara, within the parana time shown above.

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About Kamada Ekadashi

Kamada Ekadashi falls on the eleventh day of Chaitra Shukla, a few days after the new year begins with Chaitra Navratri. Coming so early in the year, it is often the first Vishnu fast a family keeps in the new cycle of twelve months, and many people treat it as a quiet, hopeful beginning. Kamada means the giver of what one longs for, and the day is kept by those with a heartfelt wish they carry into the year.

The story, as Krishna tells it to Yudhishthira, is about a Gandharva couple, Lalit and Lalita, who lived in the court of a king named Pundarika. Lalit was a singer. One day, while he sang before the king, his thoughts drifted to Lalita and he lost the tune. The angry king took away his Gandharva form, and Lalit wandered the forests in a strange and frightening shape, with Lalita following him wherever he went. In time she reached the hermitage of a sage, who told her about the Ekadashi of Chaitra Shukla. She kept the fast with full devotion and offered its merit to her husband, and the story says Lalit was restored to his own form.

That is what gives Kamada Ekadashi its particular warmth. It is remembered as a fast kept by one person for another, out of love and loyalty. Many still keep it with a loved one, a family hope or a long held wish in mind.

The fast follows the familiar Ekadashi pattern. A light, simple meal is taken on the evening of Dashami. On Ekadashi grains and rice are set aside; many keep a phalahar of fruit and milk, while some keep it nirjala, without water, by choice. Vishnu is worshipped with tulsi leaves, flowers, a lamp and incense, and the evening often closes with bhajan and kirtan, sometimes through the night.

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