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Vrat · Phalgun Krishna Ekadashi

Vijaya Ekadashi 2027

विजया एकादशी

Thursday 4 March 2027 · in 124 days

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Vijaya Ekadashi is remembered as the fast Rama kept on the seashore before the crossing to Lanka. People keep it before a hard task of their own.

Parana muhurat6:42 AM to 9:02 AM

On 5 March, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends. Ekadashi runs from 4:45 AM on 3 Mar to 7:25 AM on 4 Mar.

Delhi · times in IST

Pujas for Vijaya 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

Vijaya Ekadashi 2027: date and timings

Date
Thursday 4 March 2027
Tithi
Phalgun Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
4:45 AM, 3 March
Ekadashi ends
7:25 AM, 4 March
Parana (breaking the fast)
6:42 AM to 9:02 AM (5 March)
Sunrise
6:43 AM
Sunset
6:22 PM

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

Other years

Vijaya Ekadashi 2026: date and timings

Date
Friday 13 February 2026
Tithi
Phalgun Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
12:23 PM, 12 February
Ekadashi ends
2:27 PM, 13 February
Parana (breaking the fast)
7:00 AM to 9:14 AM (14 February)
Sunrise
7:01 AM
Sunset
6:09 PM

How to observe

  1. Take a light meal before sunset on Dashami.
  2. Set up a kalash of water with mango leaves and place Vishnu's image on or beside it.
  3. Keep Ekadashi without eating grains, taking fruit and milk or keeping it nirjala. People with health conditions, pregnant women, the elderly and children can keep it with fruit and water instead.
  4. Offer tulsi and quietly name the task you are about to begin.
  5. Break the fast on Dwadashi morning within the parana time shown.

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About Vijaya Ekadashi

Vijaya Ekadashi falls on the eleventh day of the waning moon in Phalgun by the purnimanta reckoning (Magh in the amanta calendar), as the year moves towards spring and Holi. Its name means 'victory', and of all the Ekadashis it is the one most closely tied to an effort still ahead: an exam, a new job, a long journey, a difficult conversation, or any work that feels larger than oneself.

The story, as Krishna tells it to Yudhishthira, goes back to Rama on the shore of the ocean, with his army gathered and Lanka somewhere beyond the water. Seeing no clear way across, he listened as Lakshmana pointed him to the hermitage of the sage Vakadalbhya nearby. The sage advised Rama to keep the Ekadashi of the dark half of Phalgun: to set up a kalash of water with an image of Vishnu upon it, worship through the day and stay awake through the night. Rama did so with his companions, and the story says the way forward opened after that.

Many families follow the same pattern. A kalash is filled with water, set on a small bed of grains, crowned with mango leaves, and an image of Vishnu is placed on or beside it. The fast is offered with a simple intention for the task ahead, held lightly, as a way of steadying the mind rather than bargaining for a result.

The fast is kept the usual way: a light meal on Dashami evening, no grains or rice to eat on Ekadashi, fruit and milk or a nirjala fast by choice, 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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