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When is Amalaki Ekadashi 2027?

Amalaki Ekadashi 2027 is on Thursday, 18 March. Parana, breaking the fast, is on 19 March, 05:39 to 08:04 in Doha.

Also called Rangbhari Ekadashi, Amla Ekadashi, Aamalaki 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 Doha

The date in Doha

Thursday, 18 March 2027

Amalaki Ekadashi 2027 timings in Doha
TimingDohaWhat it is
Parana (breaking the fast), 19 Mar 202705:39 to 08:04The window is the first fifth of the daylight (pratahkala).

Amalaki Ekadashi is not a Gregorian date. It is Shukla paksha tithi 11 of Phalguna 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
Phalguna (amanta)
Tithi begins
18 Mar, 01:52
Tithi ends
18 Mar, 23:21
Decided at
Sunrise
Sunrise in Doha
18 Mar, 05:40

Sunrise in Doha falls at 05:40 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 · Phalguna

Amalaki Ekadashi 2027: Smarta and Vaishnava dates

Listed here (Smarta, the sunrise rule)
Thursday, 18 March 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
Thursday, 18 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, 18 March 2027 (18 Mar, 04:04) is already inside Ekadashi, not Dashami.

Every day above is computed for Doha 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

Amalaki Ekadashi vrat katha and significance

Also known as Rangbhari Ekadashi.

Amalaki Ekadashi is the bright-half Ekadashi of Phalguna, a few days before Holi. Its rite is the worship of the amla (amalaki) tree, in which Vishnu is said to dwell: families water it, tie a thread around it, light a lamp beneath it and keep the night awake in its presence. In Varanasi the same day is Rangbhari Ekadashi, when Shiva is said to bring Parvati home to Kashi after their wedding and the city's Holi begins with colour at Kashi Vishwanath.

The katha

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

In the city of Vaidisha, King Chaitraratha ruled a kingdom where every citizen was devoted to Vishnu and every Ekadashi was kept. On the Ekadashi of the bright half of Phalguna the king and his people gathered at the temple by the river, worshipped the amla tree there, and stayed awake all night in song.

That night a hunter, hungry after a day without a kill, came to the temple hoping for food. He found none — everyone was fasting — and so he sat at the edge of the crowd and, with nothing else to do, listened all night to the stories of Vishnu and the meaning of the day. At dawn he went home and ate.

In time the hunter died, and because of that one night — a fast he had not chosen and a vigil he had kept by accident — he was reborn as Vasuratha, king of Jayanti. One day, alone in the forest, Vasuratha fell asleep and was surrounded by enemies. Their weapons could not touch him, and a radiant goddess sprang from his body and destroyed them.

A voice from the sky told him she was the power of the Amalaki Ekadashi he had kept in his former life. Krishna tells Yudhishthira that if even that brings such protection, the merit of keeping the fast knowingly is beyond measure.

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 · Doha

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 · Doha

Amalaki Ekadashi muhurat

Amalaki 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 DohaWhat it is
Abhijit Muhurat 11:18 to 12:06 Auspicious
Amrit Kaal 18:55 to 20:24 Most Auspicious
Brahma Muhurat 04:04 to 04:52 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 Doha
Rahu Kaal 13:12 to 14:43
Yamaganda Kaal 05:40 to 07:10
Durmuhurta First 09:41 to 10:29
Durmuhurta Second 14:31 to 15:19
Varjyam 10:02 to 11:31

Every window above is computed for Doha on Thursday, 18 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.

Amalaki 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, 20 March 2024 past
2025 Sunday, 9 March 2025 past
2026 Friday, 27 February 2026 past
2027 Thursday, 18 March 2027 upcoming
2028 Tuesday, 7 March 2028 upcoming

Every row is computed for Doha 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 Amalaki Ekadashi?

Thursday, 18 March 2027. It is Ekadashi of Shukla paksha in Phalguna, and that tithi runs from 18 Mar, 01:52 to 18 Mar, 23:21.

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

Amalaki Ekadashi is the bright-half Ekadashi of Phalguna, a few days before Holi. Its rite is the worship of the amla (amalaki) tree, in which Vishnu is said to dwell: families water it, tie a thread around it, light a lamp beneath it and keep the night awake in its presence. In Varanasi the same day is Rangbhari Ekadashi, when Shiva is said to bring Parvati home to Kashi after their wedding and the city's Holi begins with colour at Kashi Vishwanath.

Where does the Amalaki Ekadashi vrat katha come from?

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

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

Not this year — both keep Thursday, 18 March 2027. The Vaishnava rule reads Ekadashi at arunodaya, and Ekadashi already holds that day's arunodaya.