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Ekadashi 2028

Every Ekadashi of 2028: when each tithi begins and ends, and the fast day, with the Smārta and Vaiṣṇava days where they differ.

Two different days in Delhi

Five times in 2028, Smārtas and Vaiṣṇavas keep different days in Delhi. Each city has its own sunrise, so other cities can differ on other dates.

  • VijayāSunday, 20 February or Monday, 21 February
  • KāmadāWednesday, 5 April or Thursday, 6 April
  • AjāWednesday, 16 August or Thursday, 17 August
  • PrabodhinīSaturday, 28 October or Sunday, 29 October
  • UtpannāSunday, 12 November or Monday, 13 November

Every Ekadashi of 2028 in Delhi

Delhi time. Names from the Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934); a Krishna Ekadashi carries both month names.
Month Ekadashi Ekadashi tithi Fast day Pāraṇa (break the fast)
January Putradā (popularly Vaikuntha Ekadashi) Pausha, Shukla 7 Jan, 20:30 – 8 Jan, 19:36 Sat 8 Jan Sun 9 Jan, 07:16 – 09:20
Ṣaṭtilā Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna 21 Jan, 12:17 – 22 Jan, 13:04 Sat 22 Jan Sun 23 Jan, 07:14 – 09:21
February Jayā Magha, Shukla 6 Feb, 11:18 – 7 Feb, 09:25 Mon 7 Feb Tue 8 Feb, 07:06 – 09:17
Vijayā Magha (amanta) / Phalguna (purnimanta), Krishna 20 Feb, 03:48 – 21 Feb, 05:46 Sun 20 Feb Smārta Mon 21 Feb Vaiṣṇava (Nirṇaya-sindhu) Mon 21 Feb, 13:42 – 15:58 Smārta Tue 22 Feb, 06:54 – 08:08 Vaiṣṇava
March Āmalakī Phalguna, Shukla 6 Mar, 23:01 – 7 Mar, 20:30 Tue 7 Mar Wed 8 Mar, 06:39 – 09:00
Pāpamocanī Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna 20 Mar, 21:36 – 22 Mar, 00:14 Tue 21 Mar Wed 22 Mar, 06:54 – 08:49
April Kāmadā Chaitra, Shukla 5 Apr, 07:46 – 6 Apr, 04:58 Wed 5 Apr Smārta Thu 6 Apr Vaiṣṇava (Nirṇaya-sindhu) Thu 6 Apr, 13:39 – 16:10 Smārta Fri 7 Apr, 06:05 – 08:36 Vaiṣṇava
Varūthinī Chaitra (amanta) / Vaishakha (purnimanta), Krishna 19 Apr, 16:14 – 20 Apr, 18:47 Thu 20 Apr Fri 21 Apr, 05:50 – 08:26
May Mohinī Vaishakha, Shukla 4 May, 14:13 – 5 May, 11:33 Fri 5 May Sat 6 May, 05:37 – 08:17
Aparā Vaishakha (amanta) / Jyeshtha (purnimanta), Krishna 19 May, 10:11 – 20 May, 12:01 Sat 20 May Sun 21 May, 05:28 – 08:12
June Nirjalā Jyeshtha, Shukla 2 Jun, 19:32 – 3 Jun, 17:26 Sat 3 Jun Sun 4 Jun, 05:24 – 08:10
Yoginī Jyeshtha (amanta) / Ashadha (purnimanta), Krishna 18 Jun, 02:27 – 19 Jun, 03:15 Sun 18 Jun Mon 19 Jun, 13:46 – 16:33
July Padmā (Devaśayanī) Ashadha, Shukla 2 Jul, 01:14 – 3 Jul, 00:04 Sun 2 Jul Mon 3 Jul, 05:52 – 08:15
Kāmikā Ashadha (amanta) / Shravana (purnimanta), Krishna 17 Jul, 16:46 – 18 Jul, 16:26 Tue 18 Jul Wed 19 Jul, 05:36 – 08:20
August Putradā Shravana, Shukla 31 Jul, 08:49 – 1 Aug, 08:51 Tue 1 Aug Wed 2 Aug, 05:44 – 08:25
Ajā Shravana (amanta) / Bhadrapada (purnimanta), Krishna 16 Aug, 05:12 – 17 Aug, 03:49 Wed 16 Aug Smārta Thu 17 Aug Vaiṣṇava (Nirṇaya-sindhu) Thu 17 Aug, 13:43 – 16:20 Smārta Fri 18 Aug, 05:53 – 08:29 Vaiṣṇava
Parivartinī (popularly Pārśva) Bhadrapada, Shukla 29 Aug, 19:31 – 30 Aug, 20:47 Wed 30 Aug Thu 31 Aug, 05:59 – 08:32
September Indirā Bhadrapada (amanta) / Ashwin (purnimanta), Krishna 14 Sep, 15:55 – 15 Sep, 13:42 Fri 15 Sep Sat 16 Sep, 06:07 – 08:34
Pāśāṅkuśā (popularly Pāpāṅkuśā) Ashwin, Shukla 28 Sep, 09:55 – 29 Sep, 12:07 Fri 29 Sep Sat 30 Sep, 06:14 – 08:37
October Ramā Ashwin (amanta) / Kartika (purnimanta), Krishna 14 Oct, 01:13 – 22:29 Sat 14 Oct Sun 15 Oct, 06:23 – 08:40
Prabodhinī (Devotthāna, popularly Dev Uthānī) Kartika, Shukla 28 Oct, 03:47 – 29 Oct, 06:21 Sat 28 Oct Smārta Sun 29 Oct Vaiṣṇava (Nirṇaya-sindhu) Sun 29 Oct, 13:11 – 15:24 Smārta Mon 30 Oct, 06:32 – 08:45 Vaiṣṇava
November Utpannā (popular name) Kartika (amanta) / Margashirsha (purnimanta), Krishna 12 Nov, 09:31 – 13 Nov, 06:42 Sun 12 Nov Smārta Mon 13 Nov Vaiṣṇava (Nirṇaya-sindhu) Mon 13 Nov, 13:09 – 15:18 Smārta Tue 14 Nov, 06:44 – 08:52 Vaiṣṇava
Mokṣā (popularly Mokṣadā and Gita Jayanti) Margashirsha, Shukla 26 Nov, 23:59 – 28 Nov, 02:18 Mon 27 Nov Tue 28 Nov, 08:47 – 09:00
December Saphalā Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Krishna 11 Dec, 17:33 – 12 Dec, 15:13 Tue 12 Dec Wed 13 Dec, 07:06 – 09:09
Putradā (popularly Vaikuntha Ekadashi) Pausha, Shukla 26 Dec, 20:56 – 27 Dec, 22:27 Wed 27 Dec Thu 28 Dec, 07:13 – 09:17

Why some Ekadashis have two dates

The texts test the Ekadashi day for Dashami, the tithi before it. Smārtas test at sunrise; Vaiṣṇavas test the 96 minutes before sunrise, called aruṇodaya. When Ekadashi or Dvadashi runs long, or Ekadashi touches no sunrise, each tradition keeps its own day. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 53⁠–⁠63

Vijayā, Sunday, 20 February or Monday, 21 February

Magha (amanta) / Phalguna (purnimanta), Krishna

Ekadashi from Sun 20 Feb, 03:48 to Mon 21 Feb, 05:46, Delhi time. Smārtas and Vaiṣṇavas keep different days.

Smārta Sunday, 20 February Only Dvādaśī runs long, Ekādaśī pure: the first day (Mādhava). Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 60
Vaiṣṇava (Nirṇaya-sindhu) Monday, 21 February Ekādaśī or Dvādaśī runs long: the later day (Mādhava). Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 59

Name: Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934) f. 43

Ekadashi in 2028, month by month

January 8 Putradā · 22 Ṣaṭtilā February 7 Jayā · 20 or 21 Vijayā March 7 Āmalakī · 21 Pāpamocanī April 5 or 6 Kāmadā · 20 Varūthinī May 5 Mohinī · 20 Aparā June 3 Nirjalā · 18 Yoginī July 2 Padmā · 18 Kāmikā August 1 Putradā · 16 or 17 Ajā · 30 Parivartinī September 15 Indirā · 29 Pāśāṅkuśā October 14 Ramā · 28 or 29 Prabodhinī November 12 or 13 Utpannā · 27 Mokṣā December 12 Saphalā · 27 Putradā

Questions

Rules from the Nirṇaya-sindhu, with the page for each.

When are the Ekadashis in 2028?

In Delhi, 25 Ekadashis fall in 2028, two in most months. Smārtas and Vaiṣṇavas keep different days five times: Sunday, 20 February or Monday, 21 February; Wednesday, 5 April or Thursday, 6 April; Wednesday, 16 August or Thursday, 17 August; Saturday, 28 October or Sunday, 29 October; Sunday, 12 November or Monday, 13 November. The table lists every date.

What is Ekadashi?

Ekadashi is the eleventh tithi of each half of the lunar month, one in the bright half (Shukla) and one in the dark half (Krishna), so there are usually two a month. A tithi is the time the Moon takes to gain 12° on the Sun. Sūrya-siddhānta 2.64, 2.66

When do I break the Ekadashi fast (pāraṇa)?

On the next day, while Dvādaśī lasts, since letting Dvādaśī pass unbroken is a grave fault: in the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, but not in Hari-vāsara, the first quarter of Dvādaśī. When Hari-vāsara outlasts those three muhūrtas, in the afternoon, never at midday. If no Dvādaśī is left at sunrise, on Trayodaśī. In a difficulty, water counts as breaking the fast. Dharmasindhu p. 19; Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 70⁠–⁠71

Why are there two dates for some Ekadashis?

The texts test the Ekadashi day for Dashami, the tithi before it. Smārtas test at sunrise; Vaiṣṇavas test the 96 minutes before sunrise, called aruṇodaya. When Ekadashi or Dvadashi runs long, or Ekadashi touches no sunrise, each tradition keeps its own day. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 53⁠–⁠63

Who keeps which Ekadashi?

The Nirṇaya-sindhu, quoting the Kālādarśa, says that widows, forest-dwellers and ascetics fast on both Ekadashis of the month, and that a householder with a son fasts on the Shukla Ekadashi, keeping on the Krishna one only the rule against eating. It adds that Easterners hold the Krishna Ekadashi binding on Vaiṣṇava householders too. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 52

Why does my temple calendar show another date?

Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava calendars follow the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, which is not among our sources, so their dates can differ from the Nirṇaya-sindhu days shown here.

How the days are found

Read the methodology
Sunrise
At the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, for the chosen city. Every date is that city’s own.
The Dashami tests
Smārta: Dashami at sunrise. Vaiṣṇava (Nirṇaya-sindhu): Dashami at any moment in the 96 minutes before sunrise.
Running long
A tithi runs long when it is still current at the sunrise after its own day: Ekādaśī at the second day's sunrise, Dvādaśī at the third's, counting from the first Ekādaśī day (our reading of Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 59⁠–⁠62).
Pāraṇa
The first three muhūrtas after sunrise, once Hari-vāsara (Dvādaśī’s first quarter) is over and before Dvādaśī ends; else the afternoon, never midday; on Trayodaśī if no Dvādaśī is left. Dharmasindhu p. 19; Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 70⁠–⁠71.
Sources
Kamalākara Bhaṭṭa, Nirṇaya-sindhu, 1918 printing, pp. 49⁠–⁠63 and 70⁠–⁠71; Dharmasindhu, 1888, p. 19. Names from the Ekādaśī-māhātmya, Banaras, 1934.

Sunrise at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · Lahiri ayanamsa for month names · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method