Devshayani Ekadashi 2027
Wednesday, 14 July 2027

About Devshayani Ekadashi

Chaturmas, the four months of his sleep, begins: weddings, griha pravesh and mundan wait until Dev Uthani Ekadashi in Kartik. In Maharashtra it is Ashadhi Ekadashi, when the wari reaches Pandharpur.

Also called: Padma, Harishayani, Ashadhi Ekadashi.

What it is kept for

The start of Chaturmas, when Vishnu goes to sleep; in its katha it brought the rains back.

Devshayani Ekadashi vrat katha

Brahma tells Narada of King Mandhata, in whose kingdom no rain fell for three years. The fields dried, the people went hungry, and the king, unable to find any fault of his own, went into the forest for an answer.

The sage Angira told him to keep the Padma Ekadashi of Ashadha Shukla, with his people. They kept it, and the rains came.

Retold from the Ekadashi Mahatmya in the Uttara Khanda of the Padma Purana, where Shri Krishna tells Yudhishthira the story and the merit of each Ekadashi.

Vrat vidhi

In the evening Vishnu’s image is laid to rest on a bed, for the four months of Chaturmas. Many take a Chaturmas vow today, giving up a food or a habit until Dev Uthani.

Beyond that, it is kept as every Ekadashi is: one sattvik meal without rice on Dashami, the sankalp at dawn, Vishnu’s puja with tulsi picked the day before, the katha, and no grain until parana, with fruit, milk, sabudana, kuttu and singhara in its place. The Ekadashi page has every step and the full lists of what to eat and avoid.

When to break the fast

Hari Vasara, the first quarter of Dwadashi, is over by 14 Jul, 7:34 PM, before sunrise, so the fast is broken in pratahkal, the first fifth of the day: 5:33 AM to 8:18 AM on Thursday, 15 July, in New Delhi.