Vrat dates — when is the next Ekadashi, Purnima and Amavasya
Every fasting date computed from the Moon's position for New Delhi, with the tithi boundaries and the parana windows the dates actually turn on.
Pradosh Vrat
25 August 2026
Tuesday · Bhauma Pradosh Vrat
In 1 day · twice a month · the pradosh kaal itself — the 48 minutes after sunset the vrat is kept in
Purnima
28 August 2026
Friday · Shravana Purnima
In 4 days · once a month · the exact full-moon instant, which is not the same as the Purnima day
Sankashti Chaturthi
31 August 2026
Monday · Heramba Sankashti Chaturthi
In 7 days · once a month · moonrise, which is when the fast breaks and which differs by city
Ekadashi
7 September 2026
Monday · Aja Ekadashi
In 14 days · twice a month · the parana window — when the fast may actually be broken
Amavasya
11 September 2026
Friday · Bhadrapada Amavasya
In 18 days · once a month · whether the pitru rites and the vrat fall on the same date
The next 45 days, in one list
Every vrat date in the window, computed together so the pages cannot disagree with each other.
| Date | Day | Vrat | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2026 | Tuesday | Pradosh Vrat | Bhauma Pradosh Vrat |
| 28 August 2026 | Friday | Purnima | Shravana Purnima · Raksha Bandhan |
| 31 August 2026 | Monday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Heramba Sankashti Chaturthi |
| 7 September 2026 | Monday | Ekadashi | Aja Ekadashi |
| 8 September 2026 | Tuesday | Pradosh Vrat | Bhauma Pradosh Vrat |
| 11 September 2026 | Friday | Amavasya | Bhadrapada Amavasya · Kushagrahani Amavasya |
| 22 September 2026 | Tuesday | Ekadashi | Parsva Ekadashi |
| 24 September 2026 | Thursday | Pradosh Vrat | Guru Pradosh Vrat |
| 26 September 2026 | Saturday | Purnima | Bhadrapada Purnima · Pitru Paksha begins |
| 29 September 2026 | Tuesday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Vighnaraja Sankashti Chaturthi · Angarki Sankashti |
| 6 October 2026 | Tuesday | Ekadashi | Indira Ekadashi |
| 8 October 2026 | Thursday | Pradosh Vrat | Guru Pradosh Vrat |
Frequently asked
What is the next vrat date?
Pradosh Vrat on 25 August 2026 — Bhauma Pradosh Vrat, a Tuesday. After that: Purnima on 28 August 2026, Sankashti Chaturthi on 31 August 2026, Ekadashi on 7 September 2026.
Why do these dates differ from other calendars sometimes?
Because a tithi is an angle, not a day. It begins and ends at an instant that is the same worldwide, and the date it governs is the date at whose sunrise it is running — which means a tithi ending shortly after sunrise, or covering two sunrises, has a genuinely contested date. These pages compute the boundary to the second and say when a date is contested rather than picking one silently.
Which city are these computed for?
New Delhi, which is the reference the Indian almanac trade quotes. Sunrise, sunset and moonrise all shift with longitude, so a vrat that turns on moonrise — Sankashti Chaturthi — can fall on a different date elsewhere. Those pages show the spread across six Indian metros.
These dates are everyone's. Your chart is not.
Which fasts carry weight for you depends on the Moon, its dispositor and the dasha you are running — and that is a chart question, not a calendar one.