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Aja Ekadashi 2027

Ajā: its date in 2027, when the Ekadashi tithi begins and ends, and the Smārta and Vaiṣṇava fast days, for Delhi and 15 other cities.

Shravana (amanta) / Bhadrapada (purnimanta), Krishna

Ajā

Saturday, 28 August 2027

In Delhi, in 314 days. Smārtas and Vaiṣṇavas keep the same day.

Ekadashi beginsFri 27 Aug
15:25
Ekadashi endsSat 28 Aug
12:42
Pāraṇa, breaking the fast Sun 29 Aug, 05:58 – 08:31

The first three muhūrtas after sunrise, before Dvādaśī ends at 09:36. Dharmasindhu p. 19

Name: Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 117b

Aja in every year shown

Delhi time
  • 7Sep Monday, 7 September 2026 Shravana (amanta) / Bhadrapada (purnimanta), Krishna Kept
  • 28Aug Saturday, 28 August 2027 Shravana (amanta) / Bhadrapada (purnimanta), Krishna Next
  • 16Aug Wednesday, 16 August or Thursday, 17 August 2028 Shravana (amanta) / Bhadrapada (purnimanta), Krishna Later

How Saturday, 28 August is chosen

Shravana (amanta) / Bhadrapada (purnimanta), Krishna

Ekadashi from Fri 27 Aug, 15:25 to Sat 28 Aug, 12:42, Delhi time. Both traditions keep Saturday, 28 August.

Smārta: Ekādaśī at sunrise: that day Nirnaya-sindhu p. 58. Vaiṣṇava (Nirṇaya-sindhu): No Daśamī in the 96 minutes before sunrise: that day Nirnaya-sindhu p. 53.

Name: Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 117b

Questions

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

When is Aja Ekadashi in 2027?

In Delhi, on Saturday, 28 August 2027. The Ekadashi tithi runs from Fri 27 Aug, 15:25 to Sat 28 Aug, 12:42, IST.

What is Aja Ekadashi also called?

The Ekādaśī-māhātmya (Banaras, 1934) names it Ajā. Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 117b

Which month is Aja Ekadashi in?

It is a Krishna Ekadashi. Where the month ends at the full moon (purnimanta) it falls in Bhadrapada; where the month ends at the new moon (amanta), in Shravana. The name belongs to the fortnight, so both describe the same day.

When do I break the Aja Ekadashi fast?

In Delhi, Sun 29 Aug, 05:58 – 08:31: the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, before Dvādaśī ends at 09:36. Dharmasindhu p. 19

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

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 Nirnaya-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, 1898 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