Shukla paksha · Kartika · amanta reckoning

When is Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026?

Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026 is on Friday, 20 November. Parana, breaking the fast, is on 21 November, 13:09 to 15:19 in Dubai.

Also called Prabodhini Ekadashi, Devutthana Ekadashi, Devuthani Ekadashi, Devotthan Ekadashi, Haribodhini Ekadashi. Those are the same observance and the same date, so they share this page rather than competing with it from a second URL.

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Outside India

The whole table below is recomputed for the city you pick. That is not cosmetic: an observance decided at moonrise, such as Karwa Chauth, can genuinely fall on a different day in two cities, and the moment the fast ends differs by more than an hour across India.

Computed for Dubai

The date in Dubai

Friday, 20 November 2026

Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026 timings in Dubai
TimingDubaiWhat it is
Parana (breaking the fast), 21 Nov 202613:09 to 15:19Hari Vasara runs past the morning, so parana is kept after madhyahna (midday), in the afternoon window.

Dev Uthani Ekadashi is not a Gregorian date. It is Shukla paksha tithi 11 of Kartika in the amanta reckoning, and the Gregorian day it lands on moves by up to a month between years because twelve lunations fall about eleven days short of a solar year.

Tithi
Ekadashi, Shukla paksha
Lunar month
Kartika (amanta)
Tithi begins
20 Nov, 05:46
Tithi ends
21 Nov, 05:02
Decided at
Sunrise
Sunrise in Dubai
20 Nov, 06:38

Sunrise in Dubai falls at 06:38 on that day, and that is the instant the tithi has to be running at for the day to carry the observance. It is computed for this city rather than assumed, because it is what decides the date.

The two instants above are the astronomy and are not in dispute. The day is an interpretation of them: this observance is decided at sunrise, so it belongs to the day whose sunrise the tithi carries — not simply to the day the tithi begins.

Shukla paksha · Kartika

Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026: Smarta and Vaishnava dates

Listed here (Smarta, the sunrise rule)
Friday, 20 November 2026 — The fast belongs to the day whose sunrise carries Ekadashi — the day AstroSage lists and the one this page leads with.
Vaishnava (ISKCON), the arunodaya rule
Saturday, 21 November 2026 — Ekadashi begins at 20 Nov, 05:46, after arunodaya on Friday, 20 November 2026 (20 Nov, 05:02), so Dashami still runs at that arunodaya and the Ekadashi is viddha — touched by Dashami. It ends at 21 Nov, 05:02, before the next arunodaya, so the Vaishnava fast moves to the following day.

Every day above is computed for Dubai from the same tithi instants. ISKCON temples publish their own calendar for each city and also apply the Mahadvadashi rules, which can move a fast to Dwadashi in some years — where your temple's calendar differs, follow it.

Meaning and vrat katha

Dev Uthani Ekadashi vrat katha and significance

Also known as Devutthana, Prabodhini, Devotthan Ekadashi.

Dev Uthani Ekadashi, the bright-half Ekadashi of Kartika, is the day Vishnu is woken from the four-month sleep that began on Devshayani. Chaturmas ends with it, and weddings and other new beginnings resume. Households draw Vishnu's feet in rice paste, set out sugarcane, water chestnuts and seasonal fruit, and wake the Lord with bells, conch and song; Tulsi Vivah, the marriage of tulsi to Vishnu as Shaligram, follows on Dwadashi or the same evening. It is also called Prabodhini, Devutthana and Haribodhini Ekadashi.

The katha

Retold in brief from the Kartika-mahatmya of the Skanda Purana, where Brahma tells Narada of Prabodhini; the reason for Vishnu's sleep is the Vamana story of the Bhagavata and Vamana Puranas.

When Vishnu, as Vamana, took the three worlds from King Bali in three steps and sent him to rule the netherworld, Bali asked one thing in return: that the Lord stay with him. Vishnu agreed, and so, the tradition says, for four months of every year — from Devshayani in Ashadha to this Ekadashi in Kartika — he rests in yoga-nidra on Shesha in the ocean of milk while his presence remains with Bali.

Those four months are Chaturmas. Lakshmi keeps watch, the gods themselves are said to rest, and households set aside weddings, housewarmings and other beginnings until the Lord is awake again.

On the Ekadashi of the bright half of Kartika the gods gather and wake him with conches, bells and hymns — "Uttishtha Govinda", rise, Govinda — and the world resumes its work. Brahma tells Narada in the Kartika-mahatmya that a fast kept on this day, with the night spent awake in kirtan and lamps lit before Vishnu, outweighs a great many sacrifices, and that its merit reaches back over a person's whole life.

The next day, on Dwadashi, the newly woken Vishnu is married to Tulsi in his Shaligram form, and with that marriage the season of weddings opens.

How the fast is kept

  • The fast runs from sunrise on the Ekadashi day to parana on Dwadashi. Many families eat a single plain meal on Dashami, the evening before.
  • Grains and rice are left out on Ekadashi. Those who cannot keep a complete fast take fruit, milk or a phalahar meal; a waterless fast is kept only by those whose tradition and health allow it.
  • Vishnu is worshipped with tulsi leaves, a lamp and his names; reading or hearing the day's katha is part of the observance, and many stay awake for a part of the night in kirtan or japa.
  • Parana is on Dwadashi, after Hari Vasara — the first quarter of Dwadashi — has passed. The window for your city is computed above.

Fasting customs are described here as tradition, not as medical advice. Consult a doctor before fasting, particularly if you are pregnant, diabetic, elderly or on medication.

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Every Ekadashi and its next date

Twenty-four in an ordinary year, two more in a year with an adhika month. Each has its own page with its katha, parana and Smarta and Vaishnava dates.

The next Ekadashi and its parana · every Ekadashi of 2026 with tithi and parana times

Muhurat · Dubai

Dev Uthani Ekadashi muhurat

Dev Uthani Ekadashi is decided at sunrise, which is an instant rather than a window, so there is no anchor window to intersect with the tithi. The generally auspicious windows of the day are below, and Abhijit is the one most commonly used where an observance names no muhurat of its own.

Auspicious windows that day

WindowTime in DubaiWhat it is
Abhijit Muhurat 11:42 to 12:26 Auspicious
Amrit Kaal 00:34 to 02:09 Most Auspicious
Brahma Muhurat 04:53 to 05:46 Auspicious

Windows usually worked around

These are the spans classical muhurta sets aside for beginnings. They are descriptions of a convention, not warnings: the observance is kept on its day regardless, and nothing here needs to be bought, corrected or remedied.

WindowTime in Dubai
Rahu Kaal 10:43 to 12:04
Yamaganda Kaal 14:47 to 16:08
Durmuhurta First 08:49 to 09:32
Durmuhurta Second 12:26 to 13:09
Varjyam 15:00 to 16:36

Every window above is computed for Dubai on Friday, 20 November 2026, from that day's sunrise, sunset and the following sunrise. The Vedic day runs sunrise to sunrise, so a window whose clock time falls after midnight still belongs to the date named above rather than to the one the wall clock has turned over to.

Dev Uthani Ekadashi across five years

Two years back, this year, and two ahead. Past years are kept rather than dropped so you can check the engine against a calendar you already have.

YearDateStatus
2024 Tuesday, 12 November 2024 past
2025 Saturday, 1 November 2025 past
2026 Friday, 20 November 2026 upcoming
2027 Wednesday, 10 November 2027 upcoming
2028 Saturday, 28 October 2028 upcoming

Every row is computed for Dubai from the same ephemeris, not looked up. Sunrise decides which day a tithi names, and sunrise differs across India by more than an hour, so a date computed for Delhi can be a day out elsewhere.

Why calendars disagree about this date

There is no single authority that settles a Hindu festival date, and the divergence is genuine rather than sloppy. Three causes account for almost all of it.

  1. A tithi rarely starts at sunrise. One that is running at the deciding moment on two days — or on none — is claimed by both days under different rules.
  2. Month reckoning. North India runs purnimanta, the south and west amanta. The same dark fortnight carries different month names in the two, so an observance defined as "krishna X of month Y" can land a full lunation apart.
  3. Which moment decides. Most vratas belong to the day whose sunrise carries the tithi, but not all: this one is decided at sunrise. Almanacs that apply the sunrise rule to everything move several festivals by a day.

So this page shows its working. If your pandit or your family almanac gives a different day, the instants above will usually show you exactly why — and that is more useful than a date asserted without one.

Common questions

When is Dev Uthani Ekadashi?

Friday, 20 November 2026. It is Ekadashi of Shukla paksha in Kartika, and that tithi runs from 20 Nov, 05:46 to 21 Nov, 05:02.

Why does another calendar give a different Dev Uthani Ekadashi date?

Three honest reasons. The tithi can be running at the deciding moment on two days or on none. North India reckons the month purnimanta and the south and west amanta, which names the same krishna fortnight differently. And almanacs differ on which moment of the day decides an observance. The instants above are the astronomy; the day is an interpretation of them.

Why is Dev Uthani Ekadashi observed?

Dev Uthani Ekadashi, the bright-half Ekadashi of Kartika, is the day Vishnu is woken from the four-month sleep that began on Devshayani. Chaturmas ends with it, and weddings and other new beginnings resume. Households draw Vishnu's feet in rice paste, set out sugarcane, water chestnuts and seasonal fruit, and wake the Lord with bells, conch and song; Tulsi Vivah, the marriage of tulsi to Vishnu as Shaligram, follows on Dwadashi or the same evening. It is also called Prabodhini, Devutthana and Haribodhini Ekadashi.

Where does the Dev Uthani Ekadashi vrat katha come from?

It is told in the Kartika-mahatmya of the Skanda Purana, where Brahma tells Narada of Prabodhini; the reason for Vishnu's sleep is the Vamana story of the Bhagavata and Vamana Puranas. The katha is retold in full above.

Is Dev Uthani Ekadashi on a different day for Smarta and Vaishnava (ISKCON)?

Yes, this year they differ: the Smarta date is Friday, 20 November 2026 and the Vaishnava (ISKCON) date is Saturday, 21 November 2026. The Vaishnava rule reads Ekadashi at arunodaya, 96 minutes before sunrise, instead of at sunrise.