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Utpanna Ekadashi 2026

Utpannā (popular name): its date in 2026, when the Ekadashi tithi begins and ends, and the Smārta and Vaiṣṇava fast days, for Delhi and 15 other cities.

Kartika (amanta) / Margashirsha (purnimanta), Krishna

Utpannā (popular name)

Friday, 4 December 2026

In Delhi, in 47 days. Smārtas and Vaiṣṇavas keep the same day.

Ekadashi beginsThu 3 Dec
23:04
Ekadashi endsFri 4 Dec
23:45
Pāraṇa, breaking the fast Sat 5 Dec, 07:00 – 09:04

The first three muhūrtas after sunrise, before Dvādaśī ends, Sun 6 Dec 00:52. Dharmasindhu p. 19

Name: Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 1, 11b

Utpanna in every year shown

Delhi time
  • 4Dec Friday, 4 December 2026 Kartika (amanta) / Margashirsha (purnimanta), Krishna Next
  • 24Nov Wednesday, 24 November 2027 Kartika (amanta) / Margashirsha (purnimanta), Krishna Later
  • 12Nov Sunday, 12 November or Monday, 13 November 2028 Kartika (amanta) / Margashirsha (purnimanta), Krishna Later

How Friday, 4 December is chosen

Kartika (amanta) / Margashirsha (purnimanta), Krishna

Ekadashi from Thu 3 Dec, 23:04 to Fri 4 Dec, 23:45, Delhi time. Both traditions keep Friday, 4 December.

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. 1, 11b. The text names none; its chapter tells the birth (utpatti) of Ekadashi.

Questions

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

When is Utpanna Ekadashi in 2026?

In Delhi, on Friday, 4 December 2026. The Ekadashi tithi runs from Thu 3 Dec, 23:04 to Fri 4 Dec, 23:45, IST.

What is Utpanna Ekadashi also called?

The Ekādaśī-māhātmya (Banaras, 1934) gives this Ekadashi no name: its chapter tells the birth (utpatti) of Ekadashi. It is popularly called Utpannā. Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 1, 11b

Which month is Utpanna Ekadashi in?

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

When do I break the Utpanna Ekadashi fast?

In Delhi, Sat 5 Dec, 07:00 – 09:04: the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, before Dvādaśī ends, Sun 6 Dec 00:52. 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