एकादशी · the 11th tithi of each paksha — twice a lunar month · computed for New Delhi with the Swiss Ephemeris
Next Ekadashi
22 October 2026
Thursday · Papankusha Ekadashi
10 days from today. The tithi runs 21 Oct, 2:12 PM to 22 Oct, 2:49 PM.
22 October 2026
Parana — when the fast may be broken
6:28 AM – 8:43 AM
23 October 2026 · 2 hours 15 minutes wide
Opens at sunrise and closes at the end of Pratahkala, the first fifth of the daylight hours. Dwadashi itself runs until 23 Oct, 2:36 PM.
Across the twelve months around this one, Ekadashi ran as short as 21.1 hours on 10 July 2026 and as long as 26.7 hours on 4 March 2027. That is a spread of 5.6 hours, and it is why the date has to be solved from the Moon's position rather than counted off a calendar.
The narrowest parana in the same span was 1 hour 39 minutes on 19 March 2027, the widest 2 hours 47 minutes on 26 June 2026. Breaking the fast outside it is the part most calendars leave you to guess at.
The next 15, with the tithi boundaries each one turns on.
| Date | Day | Name | Tithi begins | Tithi ends | Parana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2026 | Thursday | Papankusha Ekadashi | 21 Oct, 2:12 PM | 22 Oct, 2:49 PM | 6:28 AM–8:43 AM |
| 5 November 2026 | Thursday | Rama Ekadashi | 4 Nov, 11:04 AM | 5 Nov, 10:36 AM | 6:38 AM–8:49 AM |
| 20 November 2026 | Friday | Devutthana Ekadashi | 20 Nov, 7:16 AM | 21 Nov, 6:32 AM | 1:10 PM–3:17 PM |
| 4 December 2026 | Friday | Utpanna Ekadashi | 3 Dec, 11:04 PM | 4 Dec, 11:45 PM | 7:01 AM–9:05 AM |
| 20 December 2026 | Sunday | Mokshada Ekadashi | 19 Dec, 10:10 PM | 20 Dec, 8:15 PM | 7:11 AM–9:14 AM |
| 3 January 2027 | Sunday | Saphala Ekadashi | 2 Jan, 2:25 PM | 3 Jan, 4:09 PM | 7:16 AM–9:20 AM |
| 18 January 2027 | Monday | Pausha Putrada Ekadashi | 18 Jan, 10:28 AM | 19 Jan, 7:50 AM | 1:35 PM–3:41 PM |
| 2 February 2027 | Tuesday | Shattila Ekadashi | 1 Feb, 8:42 AM | 2 Feb, 11:11 AM | 7:10 AM–9:20 AM |
| 17 February 2027 | Wednesday | Jaya Ekadashi | 16 Feb, 8:20 PM | 17 Feb, 5:32 PM | 6:59 AM–9:13 AM |
| 4 March 2027 | Thursday | Vijaya Ekadashi | 3 Mar, 4:45 AM | 4 Mar, 7:25 AM | 6:44 AM–9:03 AM |
| 18 March 2027 | Thursday | Amalaki Ekadashi | 18 Mar, 4:22 AM | 19 Mar, 1:52 AM | 7:13 AM–8:52 AM |
| 2 April 2027 | Friday | Papmochani Ekadashi | 2 Apr, 12:46 AM | 3 Apr, 2:52 AM | 1:39 PM–4:09 PM |
| 17 April 2027 | Saturday | Kamada Ekadashi | 16 Apr, 11:22 AM | 17 Apr, 9:28 AM | 5:54 AM–7:43 AM |
| 2 May 2027 | Sunday | Varuthini Ekadashi | 1 May, 6:54 PM | 2 May, 7:52 PM | 5:41 AM–8:20 AM |
| 16 May 2027 | Sunday | Mohini Ekadashi | 15 May, 6:18 PM | 16 May, 5:14 PM | 5:31 AM–8:14 AM |
2026 has 24 Ekadashi dates in all, one of them inside an adhika month, and 2 where the tithi touches no sunrise.
Every other fasting date computed for the same window, so you are not checking five calendars.
| Date | Day | Vrat | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 October 2026 | Friday | Pradosh Vrat | Shukra Pradosh Vrat |
| 26 October 2026 | Monday | Purnima | Ashwin Purnima · Sharad Purnima |
| 29 October 2026 | Thursday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Vakratunda Sankashti Chaturthi |
| 6 November 2026 | Friday | Pradosh Vrat | Shukra Pradosh Vrat |
| 9 November 2026 | Monday | Amavasya | Kartik Amavasya · Diwali / Lakshmi Puja |
| 22 November 2026 | Sunday | Pradosh Vrat | Ravi Pradosh Vrat |
| 24 November 2026 | Tuesday | Purnima | Kartik Purnima · Dev Deepawali |
| 27 November 2026 | Friday | Sankashti Chaturthi | Ganadhipa Sankashti Chaturthi |
| 6 December 2026 | Sunday | Pradosh Vrat | Ravi Pradosh Vrat |
| 8 December 2026 | Tuesday | Amavasya | Margashirsha Amavasya |
22 October 2026, a Thursday, which is 10 days from today. It is Papankusha Ekadashi, in Ashwin Shukla paksha. The tithi begins at 21 Oct, 2:12 PM and ends at 22 Oct, 2:49 PM.
Because it is a tithi, not a calendar date. A tithi is a 12-degree step in the angle between the Moon and the Sun, so it begins and ends at an instant rather than at midnight, and it lasts anywhere from about 19 to about 28 hours. Around this date the shortest ran 21.1 hours on 10 July 2026 and the longest 26.7 hours on 4 March 2027. The day it governs is the day it is running at sunrise.
24. Ekadashi falls twice a month, and a lunar year is about eleven days shorter than a solar one, so an adhika (leap) month is inserted every two to three years and that year carries an extra one. 2026 is such a year.
6:28 AM to 8:43 AM on 23 October 2026 — a window of 2 hours 15 minutes. The fast is broken on Dwadashi, after Hari Vasara (its first quarter, which ends at 8:46 PM) and within Pratahkala, the first fifth of the daylight hours. Dwadashi itself ends at 23 Oct, 2:36 PM.
Because a long tithi can cover two sunrises, and then both days genuinely qualify. Vijaya Ekadashi does this: the tithi runs 3 Mar, 4:45 AM to 4 Mar, 7:25 AM, so the Sun rises inside it on 3 March 2027 and again on 4 March 2027. Smarta households keep the first, vaishnavas the second.
Which vrats actually matter for you depends on where the Moon and its lords sit in your kundli — and on the dasha you are running. That part is yours alone.