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When is Mohini Ekadashi 2027?

Mohini Ekadashi 2027 is on Sunday, 16 May. Parana, breaking the fast, is on 17 May, 06:05 to 08:39 in Goa.

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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 Goa

The date in Goa

Sunday, 16 May 2027

Mohini Ekadashi 2027 timings in Goa
TimingGoaWhat it is
Parana (breaking the fast), 17 May 202706:05 to 08:39The window is the first fifth of the daylight (pratahkala).

Mohini Ekadashi is not a Gregorian date. It is Shukla paksha tithi 11 of Vaishakha 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
Vaishakha (amanta)
Tithi begins
15 May, 18:18
Tithi ends
16 May, 17:13
Decided at
Sunrise
Sunrise in Goa
16 May, 06:05

Sunrise in Goa falls at 06:05 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 · Vaishakha

Mohini Ekadashi 2027: Smarta and Vaishnava dates

Listed here (Smarta, the sunrise rule)
Sunday, 16 May 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
Sunday, 16 May 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 Sunday, 16 May 2027 (16 May, 04:29) is already inside Ekadashi, not Dashami.

Every day above is computed for Goa 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

Mohini Ekadashi vrat katha and significance

Mohini Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of the bright half of Vaishakha. It carries the name of Mohini, the enchantress Vishnu became at the churning of the ocean to keep the nectar from the asuras, and the day is kept for Vishnu with that story in mind. In the Puranic telling, Vasishtha teaches it to Rama, which is why it is also read in many Rama temples.

The katha

Retold in brief from the Kurma Purana, in the Ekadashi-mahatmya, where Vasishtha tells it to Rama and Krishna repeats it to Yudhishthira.

On the banks of the Sarasvati stood the city of Bhadravati, and in it lived a merchant named Dhanapala, known for building wells, rest houses and gardens for travellers. He had five sons, and the youngest, Dhrishtabuddhi, wasted everything he touched on gambling, drink and cruelty.

At last his father and brothers turned him out of the house. With nothing left, he took to stealing, was caught and punished, and wandered into the forest, hungry and alone.

Drawn by the sight of an ashram, he came to the sage Kaundinya, who had just bathed in the Ganga, and a drop of water from the sage's clothes fell on him. Something in him changed. He bowed and asked whether a man like him could still make good. Kaundinya told him of the Ekadashi of the bright half of Vaishakha, called Mohini, and how to keep it.

Dhrishtabuddhi kept the fast exactly as he was told. The Purana says that it cleared the weight of his past, and that at the end of his life he rode to Vishnu's abode on Garuda. Vasishtha tells Rama that no fast in the world equals this one, and that reading or hearing the story brings its own merit.

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 · Goa

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 · Goa

Mohini Ekadashi muhurat

Mohini 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 GoaWhat it is
Abhijit Muhurat 12:05 to 12:56 Auspicious
Amrit Kaal 05:30 to 07:06 Most Auspicious
Brahma Muhurat 04:36 to 05:20 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 Goa
Rahu Kaal 17:20 to 18:57
Yamaganda Kaal 12:31 to 14:07
Durmuhurta First 17:14 to 18:05
Varjyam 19:57 to 21:33

Every window above is computed for Goa on Sunday, 16 May 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.

Mohini 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 Sunday, 19 May 2024 past
2025 Thursday, 8 May 2025 past
2026 Monday, 27 April 2026 past
2027 Sunday, 16 May 2027 upcoming
2028 Friday, 5 May 2028 upcoming

Every row is computed for Goa 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 Mohini Ekadashi?

Sunday, 16 May 2027. It is Ekadashi of Shukla paksha in Vaishakha, and that tithi runs from 15 May, 18:18 to 16 May, 17:13.

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

Mohini Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of the bright half of Vaishakha. It carries the name of Mohini, the enchantress Vishnu became at the churning of the ocean to keep the nectar from the asuras, and the day is kept for Vishnu with that story in mind. In the Puranic telling, Vasishtha teaches it to Rama, which is why it is also read in many Rama temples.

Where does the Mohini Ekadashi vrat katha come from?

It is told in the Kurma Purana, in the Ekadashi-mahatmya, where Vasishtha tells it to Rama and Krishna repeats it to Yudhishthira. The katha is retold in full above.

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

Not this year — both keep Sunday, 16 May 2027. The Vaishnava rule reads Ekadashi at arunodaya, and Ekadashi already holds that day's arunodaya.