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Vrat · Shravan Krishna Ekadashi

Kamika Ekadashi 2027

कामिका एकादशी

Thursday 29 July 2027 · in 271 days

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Kamika Ekadashi falls in the dark half of Shravana, the first Ekadashi after Vishnu begins his rest. It is a day of tulsi and of lamps.

Parana muhurat10:30 AM to 11:06 AM

On 30 July, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends. Ekadashi runs from 7:35 AM on 29 Jul to 5:14 AM on 30 Jul.

Delhi · times in IST

Pujas for Kamika 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

Kamika Ekadashi 2027: date and timings

Date
Thursday 29 July 2027
Tithi
Shravan Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
7:35 AM, 29 July
Ekadashi ends
5:14 AM, 30 July
Parana (breaking the fast)
10:30 AM to 11:06 AM (30 July)
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Sunset
7:14 PM

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

Other years

Kamika Ekadashi 2026: date and timings

Date
Sunday 9 August 2026
Tithi
Shravan Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
2:00 PM, 8 August
Ekadashi ends
11:06 AM, 9 August
Parana (breaking the fast)
5:47 AM to 8:01 AM (10 August)
Sunrise
5:47 AM
Sunset
7:06 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. Water and tend the tulsi plant, and offer its leaves to Vishnu.
  4. Light a lamp of ghee or sesame oil before Vishnu and near the tulsi in the evening.
  5. Break the fast on Dwadashi morning after Hari Vasara, within the parana time shown above.

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About Kamika Ekadashi

Kamika Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of Shravana Krishna in the purnimanta calendar; in the amanta calendar it is counted in Ashadha Krishna. It comes soon after Devshayani Ekadashi, in the first rains of Chaturmas, and is the first Ekadashi kept while Vishnu is believed to be in his yogic sleep. Shravana is also the month of Shiva, so homes are full of worship through these weeks, and Kamika gives Vishnu his own day within them.

In its story, as Krishna tells it to Yudhishthira, the praise of this Ekadashi rests less on a single hero and more on simple acts of devotion that anyone can offer. Above all it speaks of tulsi. It describes the worth of seeing the tulsi plant on this day, touching it, watering it, tending it and offering its leaves to Vishnu. It holds that a single tulsi leaf given with love is dearer to Vishnu than costly gifts of pearls and gems, and that the plant itself brings a quiet blessing to the home where it grows.

Lamps are the other mark of Kamika Ekadashi. Many families light a lamp of ghee or sesame oil before Vishnu and keep it burning through the evening, and some set small lamps around the tulsi plant in the courtyard. It is believed that a lamp lit on this day is especially pleasing to Vishnu, and the soft light in a wet monsoon evening gives the day a gentle beauty of its own. Vishnu is often worshipped here in his Shridhara form.

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, and the evening is spent in bhajan.

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