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Parama Ekadashi 2026

Paramā: its date in 2026, when the Ekadashi tithi begins and ends, and the Smārta and Vaiṣṇava fast days, for Delhi and 15 other cities.

Adhika Jyeshtha (amanta) / Ashadha (purnimanta), Krishna

Paramā

Thursday, 11 June 2026

In Delhi. Smārtas and Vaiṣṇavas keep the same day.

Ekadashi beginsThu 11 Jun
00:58
Ekadashi endsThu 11 Jun
22:36
Pāraṇa, breaking the fast Fri 12 Jun, 05:23 – 08:10

The first three muhūrtas after sunrise, before Dvādaśī ends at 19:37. Dharmasindhu p. 19

Name: Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 155

Parama in every year shown

Delhi time
  • 11Jun Thursday, 11 June 2026 Adhika Jyeshtha (amanta) / Ashadha (purnimanta), Krishna Kept

How Thursday, 11 June is chosen

Adhika Jyeshtha (amanta) / Ashadha (purnimanta), Krishna

Ekadashi from Thu 11 Jun, 00:58 to 22:36, Delhi time. Both traditions keep Thursday, 11 June.

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. 155

Questions

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

When is Parama Ekadashi in 2026?

In Delhi, on Thursday, 11 June 2026. The Ekadashi tithi runs from Thu 11 Jun, 00:58 to 22:36, IST.

What is Parama Ekadashi also called?

The Ekādaśī-māhātmya (Banaras, 1934) names it Paramā. Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 155

Which month is Parama Ekadashi in?

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

When do I break the Parama Ekadashi fast?

In Delhi, Fri 12 Jun, 05:23 – 08:10: the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, before Dvādaśī ends at 19:37. 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