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Krishna paksha · Magha · amanta reckoning

When is Vijaya Ekadashi 2027?

Vijaya Ekadashi 2027 is on Thursday, 4 March. Parana, breaking the fast, is on 5 March, 06:38 to 09:00 in Bhopal.

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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 Bhopal

The date in Bhopal

Thursday, 4 March 2027

Vijaya Ekadashi 2027 timings in Bhopal
TimingBhopalWhat it is
Parana (breaking the fast), 5 Mar 202706:38 to 09:00The window is the first fifth of the daylight (pratahkala).

Vijaya Ekadashi is not a Gregorian date. It is Krishna paksha tithi 11 of Magha 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, Krishna paksha
Lunar month
Magha (amanta)
Tithi begins
3 Mar, 04:45
Tithi ends
4 Mar, 07:25
Decided at
Sunrise
Sunrise in Bhopal
4 Mar, 06:39

Sunrise in Bhopal falls at 06:39 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.

Krishna paksha · Phalguna (purnimanta) · Magha (amanta)

Vijaya Ekadashi 2027: Smarta and Vaishnava dates

Vijaya Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of the dark (krishna) half of Phalguna in the purnimanta reckoning used across North India, and of Magha in the amanta reckoning used in the south and west. It is the same night: the two calendars name the dark fortnight after different months.

Listed here (Smarta, the sunrise rule)
Thursday, 4 March 2027 — The fast belongs to the day whose sunrise carries Ekadashi — the day AstroSage lists and the one this page leads with.
Some Smarta households
Wednesday, 3 March 2027 — Ekadashi is at sunrise on Wednesday, 3 March 2027 too; the fast is listed on the later day, and some Smarta households keep the earlier one.
Vaishnava (ISKCON), the arunodaya rule
Thursday, 4 March 2027 — The same day this year. The Vaishnava rule reads the tithi at arunodaya, the 96 minutes before sunrise, rather than at sunrise; the arunodaya of Thursday, 4 March 2027 (4 Mar, 05:03) is already inside Ekadashi, not Dashami.

Every day above is computed for Bhopal 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

Vijaya Ekadashi vrat katha and significance

Vijaya Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of the dark fortnight of Phalguna in the purnimanta reckoning — Magha Krishna in the amanta one — a few days before Maha Shivratri. Vijaya means "victory", and the day is kept before an undertaking one hopes to win. Its distinctive rite is the kalasha: a pot of water topped with mango leaves and a coconut, with an image of Vishnu set on grain beside it, worshipped through the day and night and given away on Dwadashi.

The katha

Retold in brief from the Skanda Purana, in Krishna's Ekadashi-mahatmya to Yudhishthira.

In the Treta Yuga, Rama, Lakshmana and the army of vanaras reached the southern shore in search of Sita and found the ocean between them and Lanka — deep, vast and full of fearsome creatures. No one could see how to cross it.

Lakshmana told his brother of a great sage who lived not far away, Vakadalbhya, and Rama went to him with folded hands and asked how the sea might be crossed and the war won.

The sage told him of the Ekadashi of the dark fortnight of Phalguna, called Vijaya. On Dashami, he said, set up a kalasha of gold, silver, copper or clay, fill it with water, cover it with leaves and place an image of Narayana on it; worship it on Ekadashi with fruit, flowers and lamps, fast, and stay awake through the night beside it; on Dwadashi, after bathing at a river or lake, give the kalasha away.

Rama kept the vrat with his army exactly as he was told. The Purana says that by its merit the way across the sea opened, Ravana was defeated and Sita was brought home. Krishna tells Yudhishthira that whoever keeps this vrat is given victory in this world and the next.

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.

All 26 · Bhopal

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 2027 with tithi and parana times

Muhurat · Bhopal

Vijaya Ekadashi muhurat

Vijaya 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 BhopalWhat it is
Abhijit Muhurat 12:08 to 12:55 Auspicious
Amrit Kaal 18:23 to 20:11 Most Auspicious
Brahma Muhurat 05:01 to 05:50 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 Bhopal
Rahu Kaal 14:00 to 15:28
Yamaganda Kaal 06:39 to 08:07
Durmuhurta First 10:34 to 11:21
Durmuhurta Second 15:16 to 16:03
Varjyam 07:35 to 09:23
Varjyam (Second) 06:03 to 07:50

Every window above is computed for Bhopal on Thursday, 4 March 2027, 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.

Vijaya 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 Wednesday, 6 March 2024 past
2025 Monday, 24 February 2025 past
2026 Friday, 13 February 2026 past
2027 Thursday, 4 March 2027 upcoming
2028 Sunday, 20 February 2028 upcoming

Every row is computed for Bhopal 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 Vijaya Ekadashi?

Thursday, 4 March 2027. It is Ekadashi of Krishna paksha in Magha, and that tithi runs from 3 Mar, 04:45 to 4 Mar, 07:25.

Why does another calendar give a different Vijaya 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 Vijaya Ekadashi observed?

Vijaya Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of the dark fortnight of Phalguna in the purnimanta reckoning — Magha Krishna in the amanta one — a few days before Maha Shivratri. Vijaya means "victory", and the day is kept before an undertaking one hopes to win. Its distinctive rite is the kalasha: a pot of water topped with mango leaves and a coconut, with an image of Vishnu set on grain beside it, worshipped through the day and night and given away on Dwadashi.

Where does the Vijaya Ekadashi vrat katha come from?

It is told in the Skanda Purana, in Krishna's Ekadashi-mahatmya to Yudhishthira. The katha is retold in full above.

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

Not this year — both keep Thursday, 4 March 2027. The Vaishnava rule reads Ekadashi at arunodaya, and Ekadashi already holds that day's arunodaya.