Ekadashi dates · पर्व तिथि
When is Padmini Ekadashi?पद्मिनी एकादशी कब है?
Padmini (Kamala) Ekadashi comes only in years with an Adhik Maas, the extra lunar month, and so only about once in three years.
Next · Padmini Ekadashi 2026
Wednesday, 27 May 2026
बुधवार, 27 मई 2026
Padmini Ekadashi 2026: timings and parana →Padmini Ekadashi dates· तिथियाँ
Why this date?· तिथि निर्णय
Hindu date: Adhik (extra month) Shukla Ekadashi.
Ekadashi is kept on the day before Dwadashi is current at sunrise, so that the fast can be broken (parana) within Dwadashi. Usually that is simply the day Ekadashi is current at sunrise; when Ekadashi spans two sunrises or is lost between them, this rule decides the day.
Dates are calculated for New Delhi; elsewhere they can fall a day earlier or later. Month names follow the Purnimanta calendar used in North India, where a month ends on Purnima. How we calculate
About Padmini Ekadashi· महत्व
Queen Padmini, wife of King Kritavirya, kept this Ekadashi on the advice of Anasuya and was blessed with the mighty Kartavirya Arjuna as her son. Being rare, it is kept with special devotion.
How to keep the fast· विधि
- Eat a single sattvic meal without grains on Dashami, the day before.
- On Ekadashi avoid rice, wheat, pulses and beans; keep a full fast, a water-only fast or a fruit-and-milk (phalahar) fast as health allows.
- Worship Lord Vishnu with tulsi leaves, a ghee lamp and yellow flowers; read the Ekadashi katha or the Vishnu Sahasranama.
- Stay awake in bhajan or japa through the night if you can.
- Break the fast (parana) on Dwadashi after sunrise, after the first quarter of Dwadashi (Hari Vasara) and before Dwadashi ends.
Aarti, chalisa and mantras· आरती, चालीसा व मंत्र
FAQ· सामान्य प्रश्न
When is Padmini Ekadashi?
The next Padmini Ekadashi is on Wednesday, 27 May 2026 (New Delhi).
When is Padmini Ekadashi in 2026?
Padmini Ekadashi 2026: Wednesday, 27 May 2026.
पद्मिनी एकादशी कब है?
पद्मिनी एकादशी 2026 बुधवार, 27 मई 2026 को है (नई दिल्ली)।