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Kamada Ekadashi 2027

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

Chaitra, Shukla

Kāmadā

Saturday, 17 April 2027

In Delhi, in 181 days. Smārtas and Vaiṣṇavas keep the same day.

Ekadashi beginsFri 16 Apr
11:22
Ekadashi endsSat 17 Apr
09:28
Pāraṇa, breaking the fast Sun 18 Apr, 05:54 – 07:42

The first three muhūrtas after sunrise, before Dvādaśī ends at 07:42. Dharmasindhu p. 19

Name: Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 59b

Kamada in every year shown

Delhi time
  • 29Mar Sunday, 29 March 2026 Chaitra, Shukla Kept
  • 17Apr Saturday, 17 April 2027 Chaitra, Shukla Next
  • 5Apr Wednesday, 5 April or Thursday, 6 April 2028 Chaitra, Shukla Later

How Saturday, 17 April is chosen

Chaitra, Shukla

Ekadashi from Fri 16 Apr, 11:22 to Sat 17 Apr, 09:28, Delhi time. Both traditions keep Saturday, 17 April.

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. 59b

Questions

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

When is Kamada Ekadashi in 2027?

In Delhi, on Saturday, 17 April 2027. The Ekadashi tithi runs from Fri 16 Apr, 11:22 to Sat 17 Apr, 09:28, IST.

What is Kamada Ekadashi also called?

The Ekādaśī-māhātmya (Banaras, 1934) names it Kāmadā. Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 59b

Which month is Kamada Ekadashi in?

It is the Shukla Ekadashi of Chaitra, the same in both month systems.

When do I break the Kamada Ekadashi fast?

In Delhi, Sun 18 Apr, 05:54 – 07:42: the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, before Dvādaśī ends at 07:42. 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