Ekadashi, Purnima & Amavasya Dates
The year’s Ekadashi, Purnima and Amavasya dates for your own town.
Ekadashi: Smarta on the day whose sunrise falls in Ekadashi (rules for two sunrises, none, or no Dwadashi left next morning are on this page); Vaishnava on the next day when Dashami touches arunodaya, 96 minutes before sunrise. Temples and sampradayas may keep a different day — follow yours where practice differs.
About the Ekadashi, Purnima & Amavasya Dates
Choose a year and your town to list every Ekadashi (with its name — Kamada, Nirjala, Devshayani …), Purnima (full moon) and Amavasya (new moon), plus Sankashti Chaturthi and Pradosh if you like. Each entry gives the tithi’s start and end in your own time zone, the Hindu month and paksha (amanta or purnimanta) and, for Ekadashi, the Smarta and Vaishnava fast days — both are shown when they fall on different days, with the reason.
Dates are worked out on your device from the Sun and Moon with the Rashtriya Panchang’s conventions, for your town’s own sunrise, so a family in London or New Jersey gets its own dates. The rules are written out below and reproduce the Smarta and Vaishnava dates the Rashtriya Panchang and the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris print. Download the list as CSV or as an .ics calendar file, or print it. Temples and sampradayas sometimes keep a different day: follow yours where practice differs.
How to use it
- Pick the year and search for your town (or enter coordinates).
- Choose what to list: Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, Sankashti Chaturthi, Pradosh — and Amanta or Purnimanta month names.
- Read the list by month. The next date from today is marked. Where Smarta and Vaishnava fasts differ, both dates are given with the reason.
- Use Download .ics to add the dates to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook, CSV for a spreadsheet, or Print.
Examples
Krishna Ekadashi current at sunrise on 11 July only until 05:23; Dwadashi ends before the sunrise of 12 July
Smarta: Friday 10 July 2026 · Vaishnava: Saturday 11 July 2026 (trisprisha)
The Rashtriya Panchang prints “Yogini Ekadasi (Smarta)” on 10 July and “Yogini Ekadasi (Vaishnava & Vidhava), Trisprisha Mahadvadasi” on 11 July.
Nirjala Ekadashi 2026 — Ujjain and New York
Ujjain: 25 June, Ekadashi until 20:10 · New York: 25 June, Ekadashi until 10:40 (daylight time)
The rules for the fast days
- Ekadashi (Smarta): the day whose sunrise falls in Ekadashi. If Ekadashi is current at two sunrises, the second day (Ekadashi joined with Dwadashi is preferred). If it is current at no sunrise (it begins after one and ends before the next), the day within which it falls. If Dwadashi ends before the sunrise after the Ekadashi day — so no Dwadashi is left for the next morning (trisprisha: one day touches Ekadashi, Dwadashi and Trayodashi) — the day before, on which Ekadashi begins.
- Ekadashi (Vaishnava): the same day, except that the fast moves to the next day when Dashami is still current at arunodaya, 96 minutes before sunrise; with two sunrises the second day; when Ekadashi touches no sunrise, the next day.
- Purnima and Amavasya: the day whose sunrise falls in the tithi (the first of two such days); if it touches no sunrise, the day it falls in. The exact full or new moon is the end of the tithi.
- Sankashti Chaturthi: the day on which Krishna Chaturthi is current at moonrise — the moonrise of the evening, when the fast is traditionally broken. On a Tuesday it is Angaraki Sankashti.
- Pradosh: the day on which Trayodashi (of either paksha) is current at sunset; named after the weekday (Soma Pradosh on Monday, Shani Pradosh on Saturday).
The tests compare these rules with more than forty Smarta and Vaishnava Ekadashi dates that the Rashtriya Panchang and the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris print for their central station over two years — including three trisprisha cases, two Ekadashis at two sunrises, a skipped Ekadashi and one with Dashami at arunodaya — and all of them agree.
Ekadashi names, adhika months and the two calendars
Each Ekadashi has a name from its month and paksha: Chaitra Shukla is Kamada, its Krishna Ekadashi Varuthini, then Mohini, Apara, Nirjala, Yogini, Devshayani, Kamika, Shravana Putrada, Aja, Parivartini, Indira, Papankusha, Rama, Prabodhini, Utpanna, Mokshada, Saphala, Pausha Putrada, Shattila, Jaya, Vijaya, Amalaki and Papamochani. In a year with an adhika (purushottam) month the two extra Ekadashis are Padmini and Parama (also called Kamala).
The month of a Krishna paksha depends on the calendar: in the amanta reckoning (west and south India) Varuthini Ekadashi is in Chaitra, in the purnimanta reckoning (north India) in Vaishakha — the same day either way. The list shows the month in the reckoning you choose.
Sources
- India Meteorological Department, Positional Astronomy Centre: Rashtriya Panchang — its day-to-day panchang, principal festivals and Explanation — and the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris, whose Smarta and Vaishnava Ekadashi dates the tests compare with.
- D. Cross, astronomy-engine (MIT licence): the positions of the Sun and the Moon and the searches for sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset.
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): town names, coordinates and time zones of the place search; the IANA time zone database in your browser for daylight saving time.
Limitations
- Temples, ISKCON and other sampradayas publish their own calendars, sometimes using another place, other rules or local custom; where they differ, follow them. This page states its rules so you can see why a date was chosen.
- Breaking the fast (parana) has its own rules; the list gives the end of Dwadashi to help plan it but does not set a parana time.
- Sunrise, sunset and moonrise are for a level horizon at sea level. Near the poles some dates have no sunrise or moonrise, and the page explains the choice it made.
- Years from 1900 to 2100 are supported.
Privacy
Everything is calculated in your browser, and the CSV and calendar files are made there too. The page never asks for your device’s position. A town or coordinates you choose are remembered in this browser for the panchang tools; Reset forgets them.
Frequently asked questions
Why are there two dates for some Ekadashis?
Smarta and Vaishnava traditions use different rules when Ekadashi starts just before sunrise or is very short. Vaishnavas avoid an Ekadashi that Dashami still touches at arunodaya (96 minutes before sunrise) and fast the next day; when Dwadashi will be gone by the next morning, Smartas fast a day earlier. The list gives both dates and the reason.
Why is my town’s Ekadashi date different from India’s?
The tithi ends at the same moment everywhere, but the date depends on your local sunrise. In the Americas an Ekadashi that ends in the Indian afternoon is often still current at the local sunrise of the same or the next calendar day, so the fast day can differ from India by a day. Choose your own town.
How do I add the dates to my phone calendar?
Press Download .ics and open the file: Google Calendar (on a computer, Settings → Import), Apple Calendar and Outlook add the dates as all-day events, with the tithi times in each event’s notes.
Which months are Purnima and Amavasya named after?
A Purnima has the same month name in both reckonings. An Amavasya ends the amanta month — the Amavasya of Diwali is Ashwin Amavasya in the amanta calendar and Kartika Amavasya in the purnimanta one. Switch the reckoning to see either name.
Is a Purnima fast kept on the same day as the list shows?
The list gives the day whose sunrise falls in Purnima. Some Purnima vrats are kept on the day the full moon is up in the evening, which can be the day before; the tithi start and end times show when that happens.