Ekadashi 2018एकादशी 2018

Ekadashi, the eleventh tithi of each paksha, is the fast of Vishnu: twice a month, about 24 times a year (26 in a year with an adhika month), each with its own name. The dates follow the Smarta rule of Drik Panchang: the fast is on the day with Ekadashi at sunrise, broken (paran) the next morning while Dwadashi still runs.

एकादशी हर पक्ष की ग्यारहवीं तिथि है — भगवान विष्णु का व्रत, महीने में दो बार, वर्ष में लगभग 24 (अधिक मास वाले वर्ष में 26)। तिथियाँ स्मार्त नियम से हैं: सूर्योदय पर एकादशी वाले दिन व्रत, और अगले दिन द्वादशी रहते पारण।

Read the Ekadashi katha and vidhi

Questions · प्रश्न

How many Ekadashi dates are there in 2018?

24: the first is Shattila Ekadashi on Friday, 12 January 2018, the last Mokshada Ekadashi on 18 December 2018.

2018 में कितनी एकादशी हैं?

24 — पहली षट्तिला एकादशी (12 जनवरी 2018), अंतिम मोक्षदा एकादशी (18 दिसंबर 2018)।

Why can the Ekadashi date differ between cities?

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, and the tithi at sunrise (or at moonrise, pradosh or the ingress, as the vrat needs) names the day. Sunrise differs by place, so a city far from Delhi can keep the vrat a day apart; the month calendar gives your city's dates.