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Vrat · Ashadh Krishna Ekadashi

Yogini Ekadashi 2027

योगिनी एकादशी

Wednesday 30 June 2027 · in 242 days

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Yogini Ekadashi comes in the dark half of Ashadha, just before the monsoon months of Chaturmas begin. It is remembered through the story of Hemamali, the gardener of Kubera.

Parana muhurat5:26 AM to 8:14 AM

On 1 July, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends. Ekadashi runs from 10:05 PM on 29 Jun to 8:31 PM on 30 Jun.

Delhi · times in IST

Pujas for Yogini 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

Yogini Ekadashi 2027: date and timings

Date
Wednesday 30 June 2027
Tithi
Ashadh Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
10:05 PM, 29 June
Ekadashi ends
8:31 PM, 30 June
Parana (breaking the fast)
5:26 AM to 8:14 AM (1 July)
Sunrise
5:26 AM
Sunset
7:23 PM

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

Other years

Yogini Ekadashi 2026: date and timings

Date
Friday 10 July 2026
Tithi
Ashadh Krishna Ekadashi
Ekadashi begins
8:17 AM, 10 July
Ekadashi ends
5:23 AM, 11 July
Parana (breaking the fast)
10:34 AM to 11:03 AM (11 July)
Sunrise
5:30 AM
Sunset
7:22 PM

How to observe

  1. Eat a light, simple meal on Dashami evening.
  2. On Ekadashi, avoid grains and rice and keep a fruit and milk fast, 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 leaves, fresh flowers and a lamp.
  4. Say a prayer for the health of someone close to you.
  5. Break the fast on Dwadashi morning after Hari Vasara, within the parana time shown above.

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About Yogini Ekadashi

Yogini Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of Ashadha Krishna in the purnimanta calendar; in the amanta calendar it falls in Jyeshtha Krishna. It is the last Ekadashi before Devshayani Ekadashi, when Vishnu is believed to enter his four months of yogic sleep, so it comes at the close of one season and the edge of another.

The story, as Krishna tells it to Yudhishthira, is set in Alaka, the city of Kubera, the lord of wealth. Kubera was a devoted worshipper of Shiva, and every morning his gardener Hemamali brought fresh flowers from the Manasarovar lake for the puja. One day Hemamali stayed at home with his wife Vishalakshi and forgot the flowers, and the puja was kept waiting. Kubera, displeased, sent him away from Alaka, and Hemamali fell ill with a painful skin disease. He wandered through the mountains until he came to the hermitage of the sage Markandeya. The sage listened to him with kindness and told him to keep the fast of Ashadha Krishna Ekadashi. Hemamali kept it faithfully, and the story says he was healed and returned home.

Yogini Ekadashi is therefore linked in people’s minds with healing and with second chances after a lapse. It is kept with humility, as a way of setting right small neglects and returning to one’s daily duties with fresh care. Many people pray on this day for the health of someone in the family.

The fast is kept in the familiar way. A light meal is taken on Dashami evening. On Ekadashi grains and rice are avoided; people keep a phalahar of fruit and milk, or go without water by choice. Vishnu is worshipped with tulsi, flowers and a lamp, often with a peepal tree also honoured with water, and the evening is spent in bhajan.

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