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Vrat · Chaitra Krishna Ekadashi

Papmochani Ekadashi 2027

पापमोचनी एकादशी

Friday 2 April 2027 · in 153 days

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Papmochani Ekadashi is the last Ekadashi of the old year, between Holi and Navratri. It is kept as a quiet day to look back, set things down and begin again.

Parana muhurat9:16 AM to 11:09 AM

On 3 April, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends. Ekadashi runs from 12:46 AM on 2 Apr to 2:53 AM on 3 Apr.

Delhi · times in IST

Pujas for Papmochani 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

Papmochani Ekadashi 2027: date and timings

Date
Friday 2 April 2027
Tithi
Chaitra Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
12:46 AM, 2 April
Ekadashi ends
2:53 AM, 3 April
Parana (breaking the fast)
9:16 AM to 11:09 AM (3 April)
Sunrise
6:10 AM
Sunset
6:39 PM

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

Other years

Papmochani Ekadashi 2026: date and timings

Date
Sunday 15 March 2026
Tithi
Chaitra Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
8:12 AM, 14 March
Ekadashi ends
9:17 AM, 15 March
Parana (breaking the fast)
6:30 AM to 8:54 AM (16 March)
Sunrise
6:31 AM
Sunset
6:29 PM

How to observe

  1. Take a light meal before sunset on Dashami.
  2. Keep Ekadashi without 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 a lamp, and sit for a few quiet minutes of reflection.
  4. If something needs setting right with someone, the day is a gentle time to do it.
  5. Break the fast on Dwadashi within the parana time shown.

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About Papmochani Ekadashi

Papmochani Ekadashi falls on the eleventh day of the waning moon in Chaitra, in the purnimanta calendar. Holi has just been played, and in about four or five days Chaitra Navratri and the Hindu new year will begin. Coming at this turning point, the day is kept less as a fast of asking and more as one of taking stock: what to carry forward, what to let go of, and what to set right.

The story, as Krishna tells it to Yudhishthira, is about the young sage Medhavi, who was meditating in the lovely forest of Chaitraratha, and the apsara Manjughosha, who came to that forest. Drawn to each other, they spent many years together before Medhavi realised how far he had drifted from his practice. Upset, he spoke harshly to Manjughosha, and she, hurt, asked how things could be made right. He told her of the Ekadashi of the dark half of Chaitra. When he went home to his father, the sage Chyavana, his father gently told him to keep the same fast himself. Both kept it, and the story says both found their peace again.

What makes the story gentle is that no one is left out. The one who strayed and the one who was spoken to harshly are both given the same simple way forward. That is how many people approach this day: a few moments of honest reflection, an apology owed and given, a small habit put down, and the fast offered as a clean beginning before the new year.

The fast is kept 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 a calm evening of bhajan. It is broken the next morning on Dwadashi, after Hari Vasara, in the parana time shown above.

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