Yogini Ekadashi 2027
Wednesday, 30 June 2027

What it is kept for

Healing: by it the gardener Hemamali was cured.

Yogini Ekadashi vrat katha

Hemamali, a yaksha, was the gardener of Kubera at Alakapuri and brought flowers every day for the king’s Shiva puja. One morning he stayed with his wife Vishalakshi and the flowers did not come. Kubera cursed him with leprosy and sent him out of the city.

After long wandering he reached the ashram of the sage Markandeya, who told him to keep the Yogini Ekadashi of Ashadha. He kept it, and was healed.

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 1 Jul, 1:58 AM, before sunrise, so the fast is broken in pratahkal, the first fifth of the day: 5:27 AM to 8:13 AM on Thursday, 1 July, in New Delhi.

In 2026: Hari Vasara, the first quarter of Dwadashi, runs until 11 Jul, 10:34 AM, past the morning, and a fast is not broken at midday, so parana waits until after madhyahna: 1:50 PM to 4:35 PM on Saturday, 11 July 2026, in New Delhi.

In 2028: Hari Vasara, the first quarter of Dwadashi, runs until 19 Jun, 9:18 AM, past the morning, and a fast is not broken at midday, so parana waits until after madhyahna: 1:47 PM to 4:34 PM on Monday, 19 June 2028, in New Delhi.