Ekadashi 2026 Calendar | Complete List of Ekadashi Dates, Timings & Significance

Ekadashi is one of the most sacred fasting days in Hindu tradition, dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Observed twice every lunar month — once during Shukla Paksha (waxing phase) and once during Krishna Paksha (waning phase) — Ekadashi holds immense spiritual, health, and karmic significance.
Devotees observe Ekadashi vrat (fast) to cleanse the body, mind, and soul while seeking divine blessings and liberation (moksha).

This article provides a month-wise Ekadashi list for 2026, with both English (Gregorian) dates and Hindi Panchang tithi references to help devotees plan their fasts, pujas, and temple sevas in advance.

Ekadashi 2026 Calendar (English & Hindi Months)

Below is a detailed list of all Ekadashi vrat dates in 2026, including both Krishna Paksha and Shukla Paksha Ekadashis.

January (Pausha / Magha) 2026 Ekadashi Date

• Shattila Ekadashi  - 14 January 2026 (Wednesday)

1. Magha Krishna Paksha Ekadashi (माघ वद-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Importance of sesame (til) donation
3. Key Benefits: Purifies body, mind, and removes past sins

• Jaya Ekadashi - 29 January 2026 (Thursday)

1. Magha Shukla Paksha Ekadashi (माघ शुक्ल-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Salvation from ghostly births
3. Key Benefits: Grants forgiveness and liberation (moksha)

February (Magha / Phalguna ) 2026 Ekadashi Date

• Vijaya Ekadashi  - 13 February 2026 (Friday)

1. Phalguna Krishna Paksha (फाल्गुन वद-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Helps achieve victory and remove obstacles
3. Key Benefits: Promotes success, courage, and clarity

• Amalaki Ekadashi 27 - February 2026 (Friday)

1. Phalguna Shukla Paksha (फाल्गुन शुक्ल-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Worship of Amla tree and Vishnu
3. Key Benefits: Boosts immunity, purifies thoughts, increases longevity

March (Phalguna / Chaitra) 2026 Ekadashi Date

• Papamochani Ekadashi - 15 March 2026 (Sunday)

1. Chaitra Krishna Paksha (चैत्र वद-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Frees from past sins
3. Key Benefits: Cleanses negative karma and brings peace

• Kamada Ekadashi - 29 March 2026 (Saturday)

1. Chaitra Shukla Paksha (चैत्र शुक्ल-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Destroys lust, anger, and jealousy
3. Key Benefits: Promotes purity and spiritual discipline

April (Chaitra / Vaishakha) 2026 Ekadashi Date

• Varuthini Ekadashi 13 April 2026 (Monday)

1. Vaishakha Krishna Paksha (वैशाख वद-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Protection from misfortune
3. Key Benefits: Brings stability and security

• Mohini Ekadashi 27 April 2026 (Monday)

1. Vaishakha Shukla Paksha (वैशाख शुक्ल-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: The day Lord Vishnu took Mohini avatar
3. Key Benefits: Removes illusion, improves focus, enhances beauty of soul

May (Vaishakha / Jyeshtha) 2026 Ekadashi Date

• Apara Ekadashi - 13 May 2026 (Wednesday)

1. Jyeshtha Krishna Paksha (ज्येष्ठा वद-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Attains limitless merit (punya)
3. Key Benefits: Increases wealth, removes guilt, spiritual elevation

• Padmini Ekadashi - 27 May 2026 (Wednesday)

1. Magha Shukla Paksha Ekadashi (माघ शुक्ल-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Brings success in every venture
3. Key Benefits: Removes failures, fulfills desires, enhances prosperity

June (Jyeshtha / Ashadha) 2026 Ekadashi Date

• Parama Ekadashi  - 11 June 2026 (Thursday)

1. Jyeshtha Krishna Paksha (ज्येष्ठा वद-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Brings success in every venture
3. Key Benefits: Removes failures, fulfills desires, enhances prosperity

• Nirjala Ekadashi - 25 June 2026 (Thursday)

1. Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha (ज्येष्ठा शुक्ल-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Observed without food or water    
3. Key Benefits: Grants the result of all 24 Ekadashis combined

July (Ashadha / Shravan) 2026 Ekadashi Date

• Yogini Ekadashi - 10 July 2026 (Friday)

1. Ashadha Krishna Paksha (आषाढ़ वद-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Eliminates sins of gossip and deceit
3. Key Benefits: Brings social harmony and divine grace

• Devshayani Ekadashi - 25 July 2026 (Saturday)

1. Ashadha Shukla Paksha (आषाढ़ शुक्ल-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Beginning of Chaturmasya (Vishnu’s rest)
3. Key Benefits: Ideal for vow-taking, increases patience and faith

August (Shravan / Bhadrapada) 2026 Ekadashi Date

• Kamika Ekadashi - 9 August 2026 (Sunday)

1. Shravana Krishna Paksha (श्रावण वद-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Removes bad karma
3. Key Benefits: Cleanses heart, promotes compassion

• Shravana Putrada Ekadashi - 23 August 2026 (Sunday)

1. Shravana Shukla Paksha (श्रावण शुक्ल-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Blesses couples with progeny
3. Key Benefits: Family harmony, protection of children

September (Bhadrapada / Ashwin ) 2026 Ekadashi Date

• Aja Ekadashi - 7 September 2026 (Monday)

1. Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha (भाद्रपद वद-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Lord Rama observed this fast
3. Key Benefits: Removes past life sins, grants divine joy

• Parivartini Ekadashi - 22 September 2026 (Tuesday)

1. Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha (भाद्रपद शुक्ल-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Lord Vishnu changes sleeping position
3. Key Benefits: Promotes transformation and renewal

October (Ashwin / Kartik ) 2026 Ekadashi Date

• Indira Ekadashi - 6 October 2026 (Tuesday)

1. Ashvina Krishna Paksha (आश्विन वद-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Offers salvation to ancestors
3. Key Benefits: Brings Pitru moksha and family peace

• Papankusha Ekadashi - 22 October 2026 (Thursday)

1. Ashvina Shukla Paksha (आश्विन शुक्ल-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Destroys accumulated sins
3. Key Benefits: Encourages devotion and inner strength

November (Kartik / Margashirsha) 2026 Ekadashi Date

• Rama Ekadashi - 5 November 2026 (Thursday)

1. Kartika Krishna Paksha (कार्तिक वद-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Observed by Goddess Lakshmi
3. Key Benefits: Brings wealth, harmony, and divine happiness

• Devutthana Ekadashi (Prabodhini) - 20 November 2026 (Friday)

1. Kartika Shukla Paksha (कार्तिक शुक्ल-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Marks end of Chaturmasya
3. Key Benefits: Awakens divine energy and marriage auspiciousness

December (Margashirsha / Pausha) 2026 Ekadashi Date

• Utpanna Ekadashi - 4 December 2026 (Friday)

1. Margashirsha Krishna Paksha (मार्गशीर्ष वद-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Birth of Ekadashi Devi
3. Key Benefits: Strengthens spiritual willpower

• Mokshada Ekadashi - 20 December 2026 (Sunday)

1. Margashirsha Shukla Paksha (मार्गशीर्ष शुक्ल-एकादशी)
2. Main Significance: Day when Bhagavad Gita was spoken
3. Key Benefits: Grants liberation (moksha) and wisdom

How Devotees Observe the Ekadashi Vrat

Devotees observe different types of fasting based on tradition and capacity:

1. Nirjala Ekadashi (Complete Fast)

No food or water — only prayers, meditation, and chanting of Lord Vishnu’s name.

2. Phalahar or Partial Fast

Fruits, milk, and nuts are taken; grains, lentils, and spices are avoided.

3. Spiritual Practices

• Chanting “Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya”
• Offering Tulsi leaves and flowers to Lord Vishnu
• Reading Bhagavad Gita or Vishnu Sahasranama
• Performing Annadaan and Gau Seva
• Staying awake at night (Jagran) singing bhajans and kirtans

On Dwadashi (next day), devotees perform Parana (breaking of fast) after offering food to the poor or Brahmins.

Seva and Donation on Ekadashi – Shri Ram Temple Kamarpal

Observing Ekadashi vrat is magnified when combined with donation and service (Seva).
At Shri Ram Temple Kamarpal, devotees can participate in:

• Annadaan Seva – Feed devotees and needy people on every Ekadashi.
• Gau Seva – Support cow protection and feeding.
• Temple Construction Seva – Contribute to building Shri Ram Temple.
• Deep Daan Seva – Offer lamps to illuminate the temple and dispel darkness.

Each seva brings blessings of Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi, purifying the heart and bringing abundance to life.