Nirjala Ekadashi 2026
Thursday, 25 June 2026 · Shukla Paksha, Ekadashi tithi — The waterless fast — merit of all 24 Ekadashis.
Vrat & Parana timing
Ekadashi is fasted through the tithi and broken the next morning on Dwadashi within the parana window. The times below are for New Delhi and indicative — confirm the exact tithi and parana for your city on the Panchang.
Nirjala Ekadashi
Thursday, 25 June 2026
Times are for New Delhi and shift with your location. Check the day's Panchang for your city.
How the vrat is kept
A simple four-step observance, from the dawn sankalp to breaking the fast on Dwadashi.
Rise before dawn, bathe, and vow (sankalp) to keep the fast with a steady, pure mind.
Worship Lord Vishnu with tulsi, flowers, incense and a ghee lamp; offer fruit and panchamrit.
Set aside grains and pulses. Pass the day in chanting, katha and charity, and hold the night vigil.
Break the fast on Dwadashi morning within the prescribed window, after feeding the needy.
The vrat is completed only when it is broken correctly: on Dwadashi tithi, within the parana window and after Ekadashi has ended. In 2026 the parana for Nirjala Ekadashi falls the morning after Thursday, 25 June 2026, in New Delhi.