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Vrat · Vaishakh Shukla Ekadashi

Mohini Ekadashi 2027

मोहिनी एकादशी

Sunday 16 May 2027 · in 197 days

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Mohini Ekadashi, in the bright half of Vaishakha, remembers the day Vishnu took the enchanting form of Mohini to share out the amrit. It is a gentle fast about turning a life around.

Parana muhurat5:29 AM to 8:12 AM

On 17 May, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends. Ekadashi runs from 6:18 PM on 15 May to 5:14 PM on 16 May.

Delhi · times in IST

Pujas for Mohini 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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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

Mohini Ekadashi 2027: date and timings

Date
Sunday 16 May 2027
Tithi
Vaishakh Shukla Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
6:18 PM, 15 May
Ekadashi ends
5:14 PM, 16 May
Parana (breaking the fast)
5:29 AM to 8:12 AM (17 May)
Sunrise
5:30 AM
Sunset
7:05 PM

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

Other years

Mohini Ekadashi 2026: date and timings

Date
Monday 27 April 2026
Tithi
Vaishakh Shukla Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
6:08 PM, 26 April
Ekadashi ends
6:17 PM, 27 April
Parana (breaking the fast)
5:43 AM to 8:21 AM (28 April)
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Sunset
6:53 PM

How to observe

  1. Have a light, simple meal on Dashami evening.
  2. On Ekadashi, set aside grains and rice; 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 lamp, remembering his Mohini form.
  4. Use the day to let go of one old habit and begin something better.
  5. Break the fast on Dwadashi morning after Hari Vasara, within the parana time shown above.

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About Mohini Ekadashi

Mohini Ekadashi falls on the eleventh day of Vaishakha Shukla, in the warm weeks of early summer. Its name comes from Mohini, the form Vishnu is said to have taken at the churning of the ocean. When the amrit, the nectar of immortality, finally rose from the waters, the devas and the asuras both reached for it. Vishnu appeared as Mohini, so graceful that everyone stopped to watch, and in that calm moment she shared the amrit out among the devas. It is remembered as a time when gentle wisdom settled a struggle that force could not.

The story told for this Ekadashi, as Krishna tells it to Yudhishthira, is about a young man named Dhrishtabuddhi, the youngest son of a good and generous merchant in the city of Bhadravati. Dhrishtabuddhi spent his days in idle, careless ways, wasted his father’s wealth and was at last sent away from home. Alone and with nothing, he wandered until he reached the hermitage of a sage named Kaundinya. Tired and humbled, he asked the sage how he could set his life right. The sage told him to keep the fast of Vaishakha Shukla Ekadashi. He kept it with sincerity, and the story says his life turned toward peace and goodness from then on.

That is the heart of Mohini Ekadashi. It is remembered as a fresh start, a day for anyone who wishes to leave old habits behind and begin again with a steadier mind.

The fast is kept in the usual way: a simple meal on Dashami evening, no grains or rice on Ekadashi, and a phalahar of fruit and milk, or nirjala for those who choose it. Vishnu is worshipped with tulsi, flowers and a lamp, and many spend the evening singing bhajans or retelling the story of the churning of the ocean.

The fast is broken the next morning on Dwadashi, once Hari Vasara has passed, within the parana time shown on this page.

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