Ekadashi dates and parana times
The next Ekadashi: Rama Ekadashi is on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 in Washington DC (Smarta rule). Break the fast on Thursday, November 5, 2026, 6:39 AM – 8:44 AM.
Ekadashi is the eleventh tithi of each lunar fortnight. It comes twice a month: 24 times in a Hindu year, and 26 in a year with an extra month. A calendar year holds 24 or 25.
Dates by year
Vaikuntha Ekadashi: the guide to the Ekadashi South Indian families keep most
Next for Washington DC: Rama Ekadashi, Wednesday, November 4, 2026. Parana: Thursday, November 5, 2026, 6:39 AM – 8:44 AM. Other cities can differ.
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Festivals, Ekadashi with parana times and major vrats for Washington DC, 2026 to 2027. Pick the rule your family or temple follows. Your calendar app refreshes the feed about once a day.
Smarta
- Festivals and fasts Apple Calendar The feed link:
https://pujadeep.com/calendar/washington-dc-smarta.ics - Everything Apple Calendar The feed link:
https://pujadeep.com/calendar/washington-dc-smarta-all.ics
Vaishnava
- Festivals and fasts Apple Calendar The feed link:
https://pujadeep.com/calendar/washington-dc-vaishnava.ics - Everything Apple Calendar The feed link:
https://pujadeep.com/calendar/washington-dc-vaishnava-all.ics
“Everything” also lists Purnima, Amavasya, Pradosh, Sankashti and Masik Shivaratri.
Google Calendar adds feeds only on a computer: calendar.google.com › Other calendars › From URL.
These feeds are for Washington DC. For another city, open its page: Panchang by city.
The Ekadashis and their stories
Each Ekadashi has its own name and story, retold from a printing of 1930 or earlier. The last two come only in a year with an extra (adhika) month.
- Kamada Ekadashi Chaitra Shukla
- Varuthini Ekadashi Chaitra Krishna in the amanta calendar
- Mohini Ekadashi Vaishakha Shukla
- Apara Ekadashi Vaishakha Krishna in the amanta calendar
- Nirjala Ekadashi Jyeshtha Shukla
- Yogini Ekadashi Jyeshtha Krishna in the amanta calendar
- Devshayani Ekadashi Ashadha Shukla
- Kamika Ekadashi Ashadha Krishna in the amanta calendar
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi Shravana Shukla
- Aja Ekadashi Shravana Krishna in the amanta calendar
- Parsva Ekadashi Bhadrapada Shukla
- Indira Ekadashi Bhadrapada Krishna in the amanta calendar
- Papankusha Ekadashi Ashvina Shukla
- Rama Ekadashi Ashvina Krishna in the amanta calendar
- Prabodhini Ekadashi Kartika Shukla
- Utpanna Ekadashi Kartika Krishna in the amanta calendar
- Mokshada Ekadashi Margashirsha Shukla
- Saphala Ekadashi Margashirsha Krishna in the amanta calendar
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi Pausha Shukla
- Shattila Ekadashi Pausha Krishna in the amanta calendar
- Jaya Ekadashi Magha Shukla
- Vijaya Ekadashi Magha Krishna in the amanta calendar
- Amalaki Ekadashi Phalguna Shukla
- Papmochani Ekadashi Phalguna Krishna in the amanta calendar
- Padmini Ekadashi Shukla half of an extra
- Parama Ekadashi Krishna half of an extra
How the fast day is chosen
Many families fast on Ekadashi and break the fast the next morning, inside a window called parana. Two rules decide which day to fast.
- Smarta rule. It looks at sunrise. If Dashami (the tithi before) is still in force at sunrise, the fast moves to the next day.
- Vaishnava rule. It looks at an earlier moment, about 96 minutes before sunrise (arunodaya). The two rules can give different days. This site shows both.
Parana is on the next day, after sunrise and after Hari Vasara (the first quarter of Dwadashi), and before Dwadashi ends. Most often it is in the morning, within pratahkala (the first fifth of the day). When Hari Vasara ends later, parana is not kept in madhyahna (midday), so it moves to the afternoon, within aparahna (the fourth fifth of the day), and the window ends when aparahna ends. A temple or family tradition may set its own time.
Other monthly vrats
- Sankashti Chaturthi
- Pradosh Vrat (Pradosham)
- Purnima Vrat (Full Moon Fast)
- Amavasya (New Moon Day)
- Masik Shivaratri (Monthly Shivaratri)
Questions families ask
When do I break the Ekadashi fast?
Breaking the fast is called parana. For Rama Ekadashi in Washington DC: Thursday, November 5, 2026, 6:39 AM – 8:44 AM. Break the fast after sunrise, within pratahkala (the first fifth of the day).
Why can the Smarta and Vaishnava dates differ?
Each tradition has its own rule. Smarta rule: fast on the day Ekadashi prevails at sunrise (Dashami at sunrise spoils the day). Vaishnava rule (Gaudiya): Ekadashi prevails from arunodaya (96 minutes before sunrise) through sunrise. How we compute dates
Words on this page
- Paksha: Shukla and Krishna
- Half of a lunar month. In Shukla paksha, the bright half, the Moon grows. In Krishna paksha, the dark half, it wanes.
- Smarta rule and Vaishnava rule
- Two traditions' rules for the day of a festival or a fast. When they give different days, our pages show both and name each rule.
- Parana
- Breaking a fast at the time its rule allows. For Ekadashi: on the next day, after sunrise and Hari Vasara, before Dwadashi ends.
- Hari Vasara
- The first quarter of the Dwadashi tithi. The Ekadashi fast is not broken in it.
- Arunodaya
- The dawn before sunrise. In the Vaishnava Ekadashi rule, the 96 minutes (four ghatikas) before sunrise.
Computed for Washington DC on Sunday, November 1, 2026
Washington DC · 38.91°N, 77.04°W · Eastern Time
Rule: Smarta rule by default, Vaishnava rule shown beside it. Dates are computed for each city.
Calculated for your location from NASA JPL's DE440 ephemeris and Astronomy Engine (MIT licence), with the Lahiri ayanamsa. Times can differ by a minute or two from printed panchangs. For vrat and puja timings, follow your family or temple tradition.