Shukla paksha · Adhika · amanta reckoning

When is Padmini Ekadashi 2029?

Padmini Ekadashi 2029 is on Monday, 26 March. Parana, breaking the fast, is on 27 March, 07:07 to 09:23 in Toronto.

Also called Kamala 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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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 Toronto

The date in Toronto

Monday, 26 March 2029

Padmini Ekadashi 2029 timings in Toronto
TimingTorontoWhat it is
Parana (breaking the fast), 27 Mar 202907:07 to 09:23The window is the first fifth of the daylight (pratahkala). Dwadashi ends inside the window, so parana closes there.

Padmini Ekadashi is not a Gregorian date. It is Shukla paksha tithi 11 of Adhika 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
Adhika Chaitra (amanta)
Tithi begins
25 Mar, 14:07
Tithi ends
26 Mar, 12:07
Decided at
Sunrise
Sunrise in Toronto
26 Mar, 07:09

Sunrise in Toronto falls at 07:09 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 · Adhika Chaitra

Padmini Ekadashi 2029: Smarta and Vaishnava dates

Padmini Ekadashi comes only in a year that has an adhika (extra) month — Purushottam maas — roughly one year in three. The table below lists those years.

Listed here (Smarta, the sunrise rule)
Monday, 26 March 2029 — 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
Monday, 26 March 2029 — 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 Monday, 26 March 2029 (26 Mar, 05:33) is already inside Ekadashi, not Dashami.

Every day above is computed for Toronto 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

Padmini Ekadashi vrat katha and significance

Also known as Kamala Ekadashi.

Padmini Ekadashi is the Shukla Ekadashi of an adhika month — the extra lunar month, Purushottam maas, that keeps the lunar calendar in step with the seasons and is dedicated to Vishnu as Purushottama. Because an adhika month comes roughly one year in three, so does this Ekadashi. It is also called Kamala Ekadashi, and is kept with particular care since its chance comes so seldom.

The katha

Retold in brief from the Skanda Purana, in the Ekadashi-mahatmya told by Krishna to Yudhishthira, where Pulastya first tells it to Narada.

In the Treta Yuga, King Kritavirya of Mahishmati had a thousand queens and not one son. Leaving the kingdom to his ministers, he went with his queen Padmini, daughter of King Harishchandra, to the Gandhamadana mountain and practised severe austerities there for ten thousand years, without result.

Padmini, seeing her husband wasted by penance, went to the wise Anasuya, wife of the sage Atri, and asked her what they had failed to do. Anasuya told her of a vrat that comes only once in three years: the Shukla Ekadashi of the adhika month, the month dear to Vishnu as Purushottama.

Padmini kept it exactly as Anasuya described — a fast with the night awake in worship, and the merit offered to Vishnu. Vishnu appeared, pleased, and offered her a boon; she asked that it be given to her husband. The king asked for a son who could not be defeated by gods, men or demons, and Vishnu granted it.

The son born to them was Kartavirya Arjuna, the thousand-armed king. Krishna tells Yudhishthira that this Ekadashi, rare as its month, is named after the queen who kept it: Padmini.

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 · Toronto

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

Muhurat · Toronto

Padmini Ekadashi muhurat

Padmini 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 TorontoWhat it is
Abhijit Muhurat 12:58 to 13:48 Auspicious
Amrit Kaal 20:34 to 22:04 Most Auspicious
Brahma Muhurat 05:36 to 06:22 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 Toronto
Rahu Kaal 08:42 to 10:16
Yamaganda Kaal 11:49 to 13:23
Durmuhurta First 13:48 to 14:38
Durmuhurta Second 16:18 to 17:08
Varjyam 11:37 to 13:07

Every window above is computed for Toronto on Monday, 26 March 2029, 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.

Padmini 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
2020 Sunday, 27 September 2020 past
2023 Friday, 28 July 2023 past
2026 Tuesday, 26 May 2026 past
2029 Monday, 26 March 2029 upcoming
2031 Thursday, 28 August 2031 upcoming
2034 Tuesday, 27 June 2034 upcoming

Every row is computed for Toronto 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 Padmini Ekadashi?

Monday, 26 March 2029. It is Ekadashi of Shukla paksha in Adhika Chaitra, and that tithi runs from 25 Mar, 14:07 to 26 Mar, 12:07.

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

Padmini Ekadashi is the Shukla Ekadashi of an adhika month — the extra lunar month, Purushottam maas, that keeps the lunar calendar in step with the seasons and is dedicated to Vishnu as Purushottama. Because an adhika month comes roughly one year in three, so does this Ekadashi. It is also called Kamala Ekadashi, and is kept with particular care since its chance comes so seldom.

Where does the Padmini Ekadashi vrat katha come from?

It is told in the Skanda Purana, in the Ekadashi-mahatmya told by Krishna to Yudhishthira, where Pulastya first tells it to Narada. The katha is retold in full above.

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

Not this year — both keep Monday, 26 March 2029. The Vaishnava rule reads Ekadashi at arunodaya, and Ekadashi already holds that day's arunodaya.