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Vrat · Paush Krishna Ekadashi

Saphala Ekadashi 2027

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Sunday 3 January 2027 · in 64 days

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Saphala means 'fruitful'. On this winter Ekadashi, homes and temples offer lamps and fresh fruit to Vishnu, and remember a young man who found his way back.

Parana muhurat7:14 AM to 9:19 AM

On 4 January, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends. Ekadashi runs from 2:25 PM on 2 Jan to 4:09 PM on 3 Jan.

Delhi · times in IST

Pujas for Saphala 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

Saphala Ekadashi 2027: date and timings

Date
Sunday 3 January 2027
Tithi
Paush Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
2:25 PM, 2 January
Ekadashi ends
4:09 PM, 3 January
Parana (breaking the fast)
7:14 AM to 9:19 AM (4 January)
Sunrise
7:14 AM
Sunset
5:36 PM

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

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. Offer fresh seasonal fruit to Vishnu with tulsi leaves.
  4. Light lamps at the puja place, the tulsi plant and the doorway in the evening.
  5. Break the fast on Dwadashi within the parana time shown, sharing the offered fruit.

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About Saphala Ekadashi

Saphala Ekadashi falls on the eleventh day of the waning moon in Paush by the purnimanta reckoning of North India (Margashirsha in the amanta calendar), in the heart of the North Indian winter. Its name means 'fruitful', or that which brings things to completion. It comes in the cold months, when a day of fasting asks a little more of the body, so it is often kept slowly and simply.

The story, as Krishna tells it to Yudhishthira, is about Lumpaka, the eldest son of King Mahishmata of Champavati. Lumpaka wasted his days in bad company, and in the end his father sent him away from the city. He lived in the forest under an old peepal tree. On a bitter Dashami night he was too cold to eat or sleep. The next day, still weak, he gathered fruit but could not eat it, so he set it at the foot of the tree and offered it to Vishnu, and that night again the cold kept him awake. Without meaning to, he had kept the whole Ekadashi fast and vigil. The story says his heart changed from that day, he returned home, and in time he ruled kindly.

That is why fruit and lamps are at the centre of this day. People offer the best seasonal fruit they have, such as oranges, guavas, bananas, amla or pomegranates, and light lamps of ghee or sesame oil in the temple, at the tulsi plant and at the doorway. Many keep the lamps burning through the evening.

The fast is kept in the usual way: a light meal on Dashami evening, no grains or rice on Ekadashi, fruit and milk, or nirjala for those who choose it, Vishnu puja with tulsi, and bhajan into the night. It is broken the next morning on Dwadashi, after Hari Vasara, in the parana time shown above.

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