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Varuthini Ekadashi 2027

Varūthinī: 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 (amanta) / Vaishakha (purnimanta), Krishna

Varūthinī

Sunday, 2 May 2027

In Delhi, in 196 days. Smārtas and Vaiṣṇavas keep the same day.

Ekadashi beginsSat 1 May
18:54
Ekadashi endsSun 2 May
19:52
Pāraṇa, breaking the fast Mon 3 May, 05:40 – 08:19

The first three muhūrtas after sunrise, before Dvādaśī ends at 20:04. Dharmasindhu p. 19

Name: Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 64

Varuthini in every year shown

Delhi time
  • 13Apr Monday, 13 April 2026 Chaitra (amanta) / Vaishakha (purnimanta), Krishna Kept
  • 2May Sunday, 2 May 2027 Chaitra (amanta) / Vaishakha (purnimanta), Krishna Next
  • 20Apr Thursday, 20 April 2028 Chaitra (amanta) / Vaishakha (purnimanta), Krishna Later

How Sunday, 2 May is chosen

Chaitra (amanta) / Vaishakha (purnimanta), Krishna

Ekadashi from Sat 1 May, 18:54 to Sun 2 May, 19:52, Delhi time. Both traditions keep Sunday, 2 May.

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. 64

Questions

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

When is Varuthini Ekadashi in 2027?

In Delhi, on Sunday, 2 May 2027. The Ekadashi tithi runs from Sat 1 May, 18:54 to Sun 2 May, 19:52, IST.

What is Varuthini Ekadashi also called?

The Ekādaśī-māhātmya (Banaras, 1934) names it Varūthinī. Ekādaśī-māhātmya (1934), f. 64

Which month is Varuthini Ekadashi in?

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

When do I break the Varuthini Ekadashi fast?

In Delhi, Mon 3 May, 05:40 – 08:19: the first three muhūrtas after sunrise, before Dvādaśī ends at 20:04. 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