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Papmochani Ekadashi 2027

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

Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna

Pāpamocanī

Friday, 2 April 2027

In Delhi, in 166 days. Smārtas and Vaiṣṇavas keep the same day.

Ekadashi beginsFri 2 Apr
00:45
Ekadashi endsSat 3 Apr
02:52
Pāraṇa, breaking the fast Sat 3 Apr, 13:39 – 16:09

Hari-vāsara outlasts the morning’s three muhūrtas, so the afternoon, never midday; before Dvādaśī ends, Sun 4 Apr 04:27. Dharmasindhu p. 19

Name: Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 54

Papamocani in every year shown

Delhi time
  • 15Mar Sunday, 15 March 2026 Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna Kept
  • 2Apr Friday, 2 April 2027 Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna Next
  • 21Mar Tuesday, 21 March 2028 Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna Later

How Friday, 2 April is chosen

Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna

Ekadashi from Fri 2 Apr, 00:45 to Sat 3 Apr, 02:52, Delhi time. Both traditions keep Friday, 2 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. 54

Questions

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

When is Papmochani Ekadashi in 2027?

In Delhi, on Friday, 2 April 2027. The Ekadashi tithi runs from Fri 2 Apr, 00:45 to Sat 3 Apr, 02:52, IST.

What is Papmochani Ekadashi also called?

The Ekādaśī-māhātmya (Banaras, 1934) names it Pāpamocanī. Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 54

Which month is Papmochani Ekadashi in?

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

When do I break the Papmochani Ekadashi fast?

In Delhi, Sat 3 Apr, 13:39 – 16:09: hari-vāsara outlasts the morning’s three muhūrtas, so the afternoon, never midday; before Dvādaśī ends, Sun 4 Apr 04:27. 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