Pausha Putrada Ekadashi 2027
Monday, 18 January 2027

What it is kept for

A child: kept by couples who wish for one, as in its katha.

Pausha Putrada Ekadashi vrat katha

King Suketuman of Bhadravati and his queen Shaibya had no child, and grieved that there would be no one to offer pinda to their ancestors. The king went alone into the forest.

By a lake he found sages gathered, the Vishvadevas, who told him it was Putrada Ekadashi and told him to fast. He kept the vrat, and in time a son was born to the queen.

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

Bal Gopal, the child Krishna, is the form worshipped, and husband and wife keep the fast together.

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, runs until 19 Jan, 1:03 PM, past the morning, and a fast is not broken at midday, so parana waits until after madhyahna: 1:36 PM to 3:42 PM on Tuesday, 19 January, in New Delhi.

In 2028: Hari Vasara, the first quarter of Dwadashi, is over by 9 Jan, 1:12 AM, before sunrise, so the fast is broken in pratahkal, the first fifth of the day: 7:15 AM to 9:20 AM on Sunday, 9 January 2028, in New Delhi.

In 2028: Hari Vasara, the first quarter of Dwadashi, is over by 28 Dec, 4:42 AM, before sunrise, so the fast is broken in pratahkal, the first fifth of the day: 7:13 AM to 9:16 AM on Thursday, 28 December 2028, in New Delhi.