Ekadashi · 2026
Parama Ekadashi 2026परमा एकादशी
Parama Ekadashi falls in the dark fortnight of an Adhik Maas and is kept for prosperity and spiritual merit; it comes only about once in three years.
Thursday, 11 June 2026
Adhik (extra month) Krishna Ekadashi · Vikram Samvat 2083 · New Delhi
परमा एकादशी 2026 गुरुवार, 11 जून 2026 को है (नई दिल्ली)।
Parama Ekadashi dates in other years →Parama Ekadashi 2026 timings· मुहूर्त
- Krishna Ekadashi begins
- 12:58 am
- Krishna Ekadashi ends
- 10:36 pm
- Parana (break the fast) from
- 05:22 am, 12 June
- Dwadashi ends (finish parana before)
- 07:37 pm
Times are for New Delhi (IST).
Why this date?· तिथि निर्णय
Hindu date: Adhik (extra month) Krishna 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. In other cities, and especially outside India, the tithi changes at a different local time, so a festival 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 Parama Ekadashi· महत्व
A poor Brahmin, Sumedha, and his wife Pavitra kept Parama Ekadashi on the advice of the sage Kaundinya, and their poverty ended. Like Padmini Ekadashi, it occurs only in an extra month.
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.
Other Ekadashis in 2026· अन्य एकादशी
Aarti, chalisa and mantras· आरती, चालीसा व मंत्र
Parama Ekadashi in other years· अन्य वर्ष
FAQ· सामान्य प्रश्न
When is Parama Ekadashi in 2026?
Parama Ekadashi 2026 is on Thursday, 11 June 2026 (New Delhi).
What is the tithi of Parama Ekadashi?
Parama Ekadashi: Adhik (extra month) Krishna Ekadashi. In 2026 it falls on Thursday, 11 June 2026, with Krishna Ekadashi deciding the day.
परमा एकादशी 2026 कब है?
परमा एकादशी 2026 गुरुवार, 11 जून 2026 को है (नई दिल्ली)।