Eleventh tithi · both fortnights · 24-26 a year

When is the next Ekadashi?

Ekadashi is the eleventh tithi of each fortnight, so it comes round roughly twice a lunar month. The date below is computed from the Moon and the Sun for your city, and the tithi's own start and end are shown with it — those instants are the astronomy, and the day is an interpretation of them.

  • Every date and time below is computed for New York, not copied from a calendar
  • The tithi's own start and end are shown, so you can check the day yourself
  • Sunrise decides the day, and sunrise differs across India by over an hour

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Sunrise decides which day a tithi names, and sunrise differs across India by well over an hour — so the day itself, not only the clock times, can differ between two cities on this list.

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The next Ekadashi

Monday, 7 September 2026

Tithi begins
6 Sep, 10:00
Tithi ends
7 Sep, 07:34
Paksha
Krishna
Lunar month
Bhadrapada (purnimanta) · Shravana (amanta)

Parana — breaking the fast

Dwadashi does not touch a sunrise here, so the usual morning parana window does not apply — break the fast once Ekadashi has ended, following your own tradition.

Descriptions of fasting practice here are traditional, not medical advice. Consult a doctor before fasting, particularly if you are pregnant, diabetic, elderly or on medication.

The two lunar-month names above are both correct. The same fortnight carries different month names in the purnimanta reckoning used across North India and the amanta reckoning used in the south and west — which is one of the honest reasons two calendars can disagree about a date.

2026 · New York

Every Ekadashi of the year

24 fall this year. The count moves between years: twelve lunations fall about eleven days short of a solar year, and an adhika (extra) month adds more.

Date Paksha Month (purnimanta) Tithi begins Tithi ends
13 Jan 2026 · also kept the next day Krishna Magha 13 Jan, 04:48 14 Jan, 07:23
28 Jan 2026 Shukla Magha 28 Jan, 06:06 29 Jan, 03:26
12 Feb 2026 Krishna Phalguna 12 Feb, 01:53 13 Feb, 03:56
27 Feb 2026 Shukla Phalguna 26 Feb, 14:04 27 Feb, 12:03
14 Mar 2026 Krishna Chaitra 13 Mar, 22:41 14 Mar, 23:47
28 Mar 2026 Shukla Chaitra 27 Mar, 23:16 28 Mar, 22:17
13 Apr 2026 Krishna Vaishakha 12 Apr, 15:47 13 Apr, 15:39
27 Apr 2026 Shukla Vaishakha 26 Apr, 08:37 27 Apr, 08:46
12 May 2026 Krishna Jyeshtha 12 May, 05:23 13 May, 04:01
26 May 2026 Shukla Adhika Jyeshtha 25 May, 19:41 26 May, 20:52
11 Jun 2026 Krishna Adhika Jyeshtha 10 Jun, 15:28 11 Jun, 13:06
25 Jun 2026 Shukla Jyeshtha 24 Jun, 08:43 25 Jun, 10:40
10 Jul 2026 Krishna Ashadha 9 Jul, 22:47 10 Jul, 19:53
24 Jul 2026 Shukla Ashadha 23 Jul, 23:43 25 Jul, 02:05
8 Aug 2026 Krishna Shravana 8 Aug, 04:30 9 Aug, 01:35
23 Aug 2026 Shukla Shravana 22 Aug, 16:30 23 Aug, 18:49
7 Sep 2026 Krishna Bhadrapada 6 Sep, 10:00 7 Sep, 07:34
22 Sep 2026 Shukla Bhadrapada 21 Sep, 10:31 22 Sep, 12:13
6 Oct 2026 Krishna Ashwin 5 Oct, 16:38 6 Oct, 15:05
21 Oct 2026 Shukla Ashwin 21 Oct, 04:42 22 Oct, 05:19
4 Nov 2026 Krishna Kartika 4 Nov, 00:33 5 Nov, 00:06
20 Nov 2026 Shukla Kartika 19 Nov, 20:46 20 Nov, 20:02
4 Dec 2026 Krishna Margashirsha 3 Dec, 12:34 4 Dec, 13:15
20 Dec 2026 Shukla Margashirsha 19 Dec, 11:40 20 Dec, 09:45

Times are local to New York. A row marked kshaya tithi is one the tithi never carried at sunrise — it began after one and ended before the next, and the observance is kept on the day it ran through. A row marked also kept the next day is one where the tithi spans two sunrises, so two traditions genuinely take two different days.

One month at a time

Ekadashi month by month

The same dates, split by calendar month, with the years either side of each. Every one of these is a stable address: /ekadashi/march answers "when is Ekadashi in March" for whichever year you are standing in, so it never has to be rewritten and never decays.

Common questions

When is the next Ekadashi?

Monday, 7 September 2026. The tithi runs from 6 Sep, 10:00 to 7 Sep, 07:34 in New York.

Why does my calendar show a different Ekadashi date?

Because a tithi rarely begins and ends at sunrise. When it is running at sunrise on two days, or on none, traditions divide: some take the day the tithi touches sunrise, others the day it begins. The start and end instants above are the astronomy and are not in dispute — the day is an interpretation of them, and this page names the one it used.

How many Ekadashi days are there in a year?

24 fall in 2026 for New York. The count moves between years because twelve lunations fall about eleven days short of a solar year, and an adhika (extra) month adds more.

When can the fast be broken?

On Dwadashi, the tithi after Ekadashi. The window shown above is the pratahkala one — the first fifth of the daylight — closed early if Dwadashi itself ends inside it.