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Shukla paksha · Magha · amanta reckoning

When is Jaya Ekadashi 2027?

Jaya Ekadashi 2027 is on Wednesday, 17 February. Parana, breaking the fast, is on 18 February, 07:01 to 09:16 in Jaipur.

Also called Bhaimi Ekadashi, Bhami 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 Jaipur

The date in Jaipur

Wednesday, 17 February 2027

Jaya Ekadashi 2027 timings in Jaipur
TimingJaipurWhat it is
Parana (breaking the fast), 18 Feb 202707:01 to 09:16The window is the first fifth of the daylight (pratahkala).

Jaya Ekadashi is not a Gregorian date. It is Shukla 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, Shukla paksha
Lunar month
Magha (amanta)
Tithi begins
16 Feb, 20:20
Tithi ends
17 Feb, 17:32
Decided at
Sunrise
Sunrise in Jaipur
17 Feb, 07:01

Sunrise in Jaipur falls at 07:01 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 · Magha

Jaya Ekadashi 2027: Smarta and Vaishnava dates

Listed here (Smarta, the sunrise rule)
Wednesday, 17 February 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
Wednesday, 17 February 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 Wednesday, 17 February 2027 (17 Feb, 05:25) is already inside Ekadashi, not Dashami.

Every day above is computed for Jaipur 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

Jaya Ekadashi vrat katha and significance

Also known as Bhami, Bhaimi Ekadashi.

Jaya Ekadashi is the bright-half Ekadashi of Magha, a few days after Basant Panchami. Jaya means "victory", and the day is kept for Vishnu with the belief, carried by its katha, that it frees the keeper from a degraded state of being. It is also called Bhaimi (or Bhami) Ekadashi, and the following day is kept as Bhishma Dwadashi.

The katha

Retold in brief from the Bhavishyottara Purana, in Krishna's Ekadashi-mahatmya to Yudhishthira (some Hindi vrat-katha books place it in the Padma Purana).

In Indra's court in the Nandana garden, the gandharva Malyavan sang and the apsara Pushpavati danced, and the two fell so completely in love that during one performance they could think only of each other. Malyavan's voice faltered and Pushpavati lost her step.

Indra saw it as contempt for the gathering and cursed them both to become pishachas — restless, miserable spirits — and to live on the earth. They found themselves on a freezing slope of the Himalaya, unable to eat, rest or find any comfort, suffering through day and night.

It happened to be the Ekadashi of the bright half of Magha. That day they ate nothing but a little fruit, sheltered under a peepal tree, and were too cold and wretched to sleep at all that night. Without knowing it, they had kept the Jaya Ekadashi fast and its night vigil.

On Dwadashi morning the curse fell away and they took back their own radiant forms. When they returned to heaven, Indra asked in astonishment how they had been freed, and they told him: by the grace of Vishnu and the Jaya Ekadashi. Krishna tells Yudhishthira that whoever keeps this fast need not fear such a fall.

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 · Jaipur

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 · Jaipur

Jaya Ekadashi muhurat

Jaya 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 JaipurWhat it is
Amrit Kaal 18:01 to 19:29 Most Auspicious
Brahma Muhurat 05:20 to 06:11 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 Jaipur
Rahu Kaal 12:41 to 14:05
Yamaganda Kaal 08:26 to 09:51
Durmuhurta First 12:18 to 13:03
Varjyam 09:17 to 10:44

Every window above is computed for Jaipur on Wednesday, 17 February 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.

Jaya 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 Tuesday, 20 February 2024 past
2025 Saturday, 8 February 2025 past
2026 Thursday, 29 January 2026 past
2027 Wednesday, 17 February 2027 upcoming
2028 Monday, 7 February 2028 upcoming

Every row is computed for Jaipur 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 Jaya Ekadashi?

Wednesday, 17 February 2027. It is Ekadashi of Shukla paksha in Magha, and that tithi runs from 16 Feb, 20:20 to 17 Feb, 17:32.

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

Jaya Ekadashi is the bright-half Ekadashi of Magha, a few days after Basant Panchami. Jaya means "victory", and the day is kept for Vishnu with the belief, carried by its katha, that it frees the keeper from a degraded state of being. It is also called Bhaimi (or Bhami) Ekadashi, and the following day is kept as Bhishma Dwadashi.

Where does the Jaya Ekadashi vrat katha come from?

It is told in the Bhavishyottara Purana, in Krishna's Ekadashi-mahatmya to Yudhishthira (some Hindi vrat-katha books place it in the Padma Purana). The katha is retold in full above.

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

Not this year — both keep Wednesday, 17 February 2027. The Vaishnava rule reads Ekadashi at arunodaya, and Ekadashi already holds that day's arunodaya.