Mohini Ekadashi 2027
Sunday, 16 May 2027

About Mohini Ekadashi

Tradition links it with Mohini, the form Vishnu took at the churning of the ocean to keep the amrit from the asuras.

What it is kept for

Freedom from sins and from moha, the delusion that holds a person back.

Mohini Ekadashi vrat katha

Sage Vasishtha tells Rama of the city of Bhadravati on the Sarasvati, where the merchant Dhanapala lived, generous to all. His son Dhrishtabuddhi spent his days in vice and squandered the family wealth, until his father turned him out.

Wandering and in misery, he came to the ashram of the sage Kaundinya on the Ganga. The sage told him to keep the Mohini Ekadashi of Vaishakha. He kept it, and was freed of his sins.

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

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 16 May, 11:03 PM, before sunrise, so the fast is broken in pratahkal, the first fifth of the day: 5:30 AM to 8:12 AM on Monday, 17 May, in New Delhi.