Krishna paksha · Ashadha · amanta reckoning

When is Kamika Ekadashi 2027?

Kamika Ekadashi 2027 is on Thursday, 29 July. Parana, breaking the fast, is on 30 July, 13:40 to 16:15 in Hyderabad.

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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 Hyderabad

The date in Hyderabad

Thursday, 29 July 2027

Kamika Ekadashi 2027 timings in Hyderabad
TimingHyderabadWhat it is
Parana (breaking the fast), 30 Jul 202713:40 to 16:15Hari Vasara runs past the morning, so parana is kept after madhyahna (midday), in the afternoon window.

Kamika Ekadashi is not a Gregorian date. It is Krishna paksha tithi 11 of Ashadha 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
Ashadha (amanta)
Tithi begins
29 Jul, 07:35
Tithi ends
30 Jul, 05:13
Decided at
Sunrise
Sunrise in Hyderabad
29 Jul, 05:54

Sunrise in Hyderabad falls at 05:54 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.

This year the tithi is skipped (kshaya). Ekadashi begins after one sunrise and ends before the next, so it touches neither and the usual rule cannot pick a day. The observance is not cancelled: it is kept on the day the tithi runs through, which is the date above. Saying so matters — a page that printed the date alone would be implying a rule that did not actually apply this year.

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 · Shravana (purnimanta) · Ashadha (amanta)

Kamika Ekadashi 2027: Smarta and Vaishnava dates

Kamika Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of the dark (krishna) half of Shravana in the purnimanta reckoning used across North India, and of Ashadha 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, 29 July 2027 — 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
Friday, 30 July 2027 — Ekadashi (29 Jul, 07:35 to 30 Jul, 05:13) still holds the arunodaya of Friday, 30 July 2027, the 96 minutes before sunrise, so the Vaishnava fast is kept on that later morning.

Every day above is computed for Hyderabad 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

Kamika Ekadashi vrat katha and significance

Kamika Ekadashi is the first Ekadashi of Chaturmas, in the dark fortnight of Shravana by the purnimanta reckoning — Ashadha Krishna in the amanta one. It is kept for Vishnu with particular emphasis on tulsi: offering its leaves, lighting a lamp before it and even looking on the plant are each described as meritorious, and lamps of ghee or sesame oil are lit through the evening.

The katha

Retold in brief from the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, in the Ekadashi-mahatmya, where Bhishma tells it to Narada and Krishna to Yudhishthira.

A landowner of a village, quick to anger, fell into a quarrel with a brahmin over a small matter. Words turned into blows, and in his rage the landowner struck the brahmin so hard that he died.

Horrified at what he had done, the man tried to make amends and to perform the brahmin's last rites himself, but the village elders and the priests refused him. No one would eat with him or let him into a house of worship, and he lived as an outcast, unable to undo the act.

In his distress he went to a sage and asked whether any expiation was possible. The sage told him of the Ekadashi of the dark fortnight of Shravana, Kamika: keep it with complete devotion, he said, worship Vishnu with tulsi and lamps, and stay awake through the night in his remembrance.

The man did so. The Purana says that the weight of the killing was lifted from him, and that in a dream he was told he could rejoin his community; the brahmins accepted him again. Bhishma adds that no jewel or flower pleases Vishnu as much as a single tulsi leaf offered on this day.

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 · Hyderabad

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 · Hyderabad

Kamika Ekadashi muhurat

Kamika 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 HyderabadWhat it is
Abhijit Muhurat 11:56 to 12:48 Auspicious
Amrit Kaal 00:28 to 01:58 Most Auspicious
Brahma Muhurat 04:25 to 05:09 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 Hyderabad
Rahu Kaal 13:59 to 15:36
Yamaganda Kaal 05:54 to 07:31
Durmuhurta First 10:13 to 11:04
Durmuhurta Second 15:23 to 16:15
Varjyam 19:58 to 21:28

Every window above is computed for Hyderabad on Thursday, 29 July 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.

Kamika 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, 31 July 2024 past
2025 Monday, 21 July 2025 past
2026 Sunday, 9 August 2026 past
2027 Thursday, 29 July 2027 upcoming
2028 Tuesday, 18 July 2028 upcoming

Every row is computed for Hyderabad 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 Kamika Ekadashi?

Thursday, 29 July 2027. It is Ekadashi of Krishna paksha in Ashadha, and that tithi runs from 29 Jul, 07:35 to 30 Jul, 05:13.

Why does another calendar give a different Kamika 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 this marked as a skipped tithi?

Ekadashi begins after one deciding moment and ends before the next this year, so it touches none — a kshaya tithi. The observance is not cancelled: it is kept on the day the tithi runs through, which is the day given above.

Why is Kamika Ekadashi observed?

Kamika Ekadashi is the first Ekadashi of Chaturmas, in the dark fortnight of Shravana by the purnimanta reckoning — Ashadha Krishna in the amanta one. It is kept for Vishnu with particular emphasis on tulsi: offering its leaves, lighting a lamp before it and even looking on the plant are each described as meritorious, and lamps of ghee or sesame oil are lit through the evening.

Where does the Kamika Ekadashi vrat katha come from?

It is told in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, in the Ekadashi-mahatmya, where Bhishma tells it to Narada and Krishna to Yudhishthira. The katha is retold in full above.

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

Yes, this year they differ: the Smarta date is Thursday, 29 July 2027 and the Vaishnava (ISKCON) date is Friday, 30 July 2027. The Vaishnava rule reads Ekadashi at arunodaya, 96 minutes before sunrise, instead of at sunrise.