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Vrat · Magh Krishna Ekadashi

Shattila Ekadashi 2027

षटतिला एकादशी

Tuesday 2 February 2027 · in 94 days

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Shattila means 'six ways of sesame'. In the cold of Magh, this Ekadashi weaves til into the whole day, from the morning bath to the evening's giving.

Parana muhurat7:08 AM to 9:19 AM

On 3 February, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends. Ekadashi runs from 8:42 AM on 1 Feb to 11:11 AM on 2 Feb.

Delhi · times in IST

Pujas for Shattila 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

Shattila Ekadashi 2027: date and timings

Date
Tuesday 2 February 2027
Tithi
Magh Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
8:42 AM, 1 February
Ekadashi ends
11:11 AM, 2 February
Parana (breaking the fast)
7:08 AM to 9:19 AM (3 February)
Sunrise
7:08 AM
Sunset
6:00 PM

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

Other years

Shattila Ekadashi 2026: date and timings

Date
Wednesday 14 January 2026
Tithi
Magh Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
3:19 PM, 13 January
Ekadashi ends
5:54 PM, 14 January
Parana (breaking the fast)
7:15 AM to 9:21 AM (15 January)
Sunrise
7:15 AM
Sunset
5:45 PM

How to observe

  1. Eat a light meal on Dashami evening.
  2. Rub on a little sesame paste, then bathe with some sesame in the water.
  3. Offer sesame into a small fire or lamp, and sesame water to the sun.
  4. Keep the day free of grains, taking fruit, milk and a little til with jaggery.
  5. Give sesame, jaggery or warm clothes, and break the fast on Dwadashi in the parana time shown.

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About Shattila Ekadashi

Shattila Ekadashi falls on the eleventh day of the waning moon in Magh by the purnimanta reckoning (Paush in the amanta calendar), the coldest stretch of the North Indian winter. Sesame is a warming seed, and Magh is the month of til: Makar Sankranti, with its til laddoos, falls close by (in some years on the very same day), and this Ekadashi carries the same seed into a day of fasting and worship.

The six uses that give the day its name are simple. Sesame is added to the bathing water; a paste of sesame is rubbed on the body before the bath; sesame is offered into a small fire with prayers; water mixed with sesame is offered to the sun and to the ancestors; a little sesame is eaten, usually as a sweet with jaggery, since til is not counted as grain; and sesame, often with jaggery, blankets or warm clothes, is given to those who need it.

The story, as Vishnu tells it to the sage Narada, is about a devout woman who fasted and prayed all her life but never gave away food. When Vishnu came to her door as a mendicant to test her, she placed only a lump of earth in his bowl. Later she found her heavenly home bare, with nothing in it but that lump of earth. Following advice she was given, she kept Shattila Ekadashi with gifts of sesame, and the story says her home filled. It is told gently, as a reminder that worship and giving belong together.

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

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