Ekadashi & Fasting Planner
Calculates exact fast-breaking (Parana) timings localized to your location. Fast from grains and beans to purify body, mind, and elevate your devotional consciousness.
Calculation Location
Durgapur, India (Temple Default)
Foods Allowed (Fasting Foods)
- • All fresh fruits and dried nuts
- • Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkin, Cucumber
- • Buckwheat (Kuttu), Amaranth (Rajgira), Water Chestnut (Singhara)
- • Milk, Yogurt, Paneer, Ghee, and butter
- • Rock salt (Senda Namak), black pepper, ginger, cumin
Foods Forbidden
- • Grains (Rice, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Corn, Millet)
- • Beans, Lentils, Peas, Soybeans, Chickpeas
- • Onion, Garlic, Mustard, Sesame, Hing (Asafoetida)
- • Common table salt, mustard oil, corn starch
- • Non-vegetarian food, alcohol, and processed grains
Ekadashi Schedule 2026
Sayana Ekadashi
Also known as Hari-sayana Ekadashi, it marks the start of Chaturmasya (four holy months) when Lord Vishnu enters cosmic sleep.
Benefits: Purifies all past sins, grants spiritual peace, and marks the beginning of sacred Chaturmasya vows.
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Kamika Ekadashi
Occurs during the waning phase of the moon in the holy month of Shravana.
Benefits: Grants merit equal to donating cows or visiting sacred places like Kashi and the river Ganga.
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Pavitra Ekadashi
Also known as Pavitropana Ekadashi, it is celebrated by offering sacred Pavitra threads to Lord Vishnu.
Benefits: Brings the blessing of good progeny and nullifies sins accumulated over a lifetime.
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Annada Ekadashi
Celebrated in the dark fortnight of Bhadrapada month, bringing food and prosperity.
Benefits: Frees one from financial hardships, debts, and removes sinful obstacles.
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Parsva Ekadashi
Also known as Parivartini Ekadashi, the day Lord Vishnu turns from His left side to His right side.
Benefits: Grants liberation (moksha) and is traditionally equivalent to performing a horse sacrifice (Ashvamedha).
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Indira Ekadashi
Celebrated during Pitru Paksha in the month of Ashvina, dedicated to ancestral deliverance.
Benefits: Delivers ancestors from hellish situations and elevates them to the spiritual world.
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Papankusha Ekadashi
Observed during the bright fortnight of Ashvina month, designed to defeat the hook (ankusha) of sins.
Benefits: Protects the seeker from lower realms and guarantees spiritual advancement.
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Rama Ekadashi
Named after Lord Vishnu's eternal consort, Rama (Goddess Lakshmi), observed right before Diwali.
Benefits: Dissolves even the most persistent bad karma and invites spiritual and material prosperity.
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Haribodhini (Utthana) Ekadashi
Marks the awakening of Lord Vishnu from His four-month slumber, concluding the Chaturmasya period.
Benefits: Grants infinite spiritual merit and marks the starting of auspicious ceremonies.
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Utpanna Ekadashi
Marks the origin of Ekadashi Devi, the female energy of Lord Vishnu who defeated the demon Mura.
Benefits: Brings protection from external enemies and internal doubts, freeing the soul from spiritual offences.
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Moksada Ekadashi
Observed on the auspicious day Bhagavad Gita was spoken to Arjuna (Gita Jayanti).
Benefits: Delivers liberation (Moksha) and opens the doors to Goloka Vrindavan.
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Saphala Ekadashi
Celebrated in the dark fortnight of Pausha month, rendering all spiritual endeavors successful (saphala).
Benefits: Ensures success in bhakti and fulfills all righteous desires.
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Putrada Ekadashi
Celebrated in the bright fortnight of Pausha month.
Benefits: Blesses aspiring couples with virtuous and spiritually inclined children.
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