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Ekadashi 2023 Dates: Vrat, Katha, Fasting Rules and Its Importance
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What is Ekadashi?
Ekadashi is the 11th day of the full-moon and new-moon lunar cycles. The day also has spiritual significance, since it represents our body’s 11 senses – mind, five action organs, and five sense organs. Hence, it is auspicious to fast on this day to reign in your sense organs to have a healthy mind and body.
Ekadashi is also associated with the worship of Lord Vishnu, who is the protector of all realms. Fasting on this day with his name on lips is said to bring one closer to attaining moksha.
There also exists a scientific reason behind fasting on Ekadashi. Our body transforms every mandala that spans across 48 days. During the process, sages and seers opine that fasting for a minimum of three days with a regular interval between each fasting is a sure-shot way of staying in good health.
Ekadashi caters specifically to this rule. There are three Ekadashi’s that occur in a Mandala. Fasting on Ekadashi makes it easier for individuals to keep track without worrying about mandalas and the other intricate details, which is again a blog for another day.
Types of Ekadashi
We have 24 Ekadashi’s in a year, according to the lunar calendar. Each Ekadashi is unique, and depending on the season, different fasting rule applies to each. Few of them are:
- Putrada Ekadashi: Occurring mostly in January, for those wanting to conceive, this is the most auspicious day to go one fasting to seek blessings from Lord Vishnu for a progeny.
- Satilla Ekadashi: During this Ekadashi people, donate and receive ‘Til’ or sesame seeds, and other food items. Hence, the name. Offering guava, pumpkin, and coconut to god is auspicious on this day.
- Amalaki Ekadashi: Amla, or the gooseberry, is one of Lord Vishnu’s most favorite fruit. On this day, people consume Amla’s food, worship the amla tree, and donate Amla for the general well-being.
- Papamochini Ekadashi: During the month of Chaitra, people celebrate Papamochini Ekadashi. Fasting on the day gets rid of one of all their sins.
- Varuthini Ekadashi: Observing fasting on this day is the equivalent of performing penance for ten thousand years. It is auspicious to offer anna daana to Brahmins.
- Nirjala Ekadashi: The toughest Ekadashi of all, Nirjala Ekadashi, says devotee can have only a single drop of water during the entire fasting hours. For those who cannot follow this, only one meal is allowed per day.
- Aja Ekadashi: Fasting on Aja Ekadashi destroys the sins of seven previous births. Corriander seeds with grains are offered to the lord during worship. Ancient scriptures forbid people from having betel leaves and areca nut on this day.
- Mokshada or Vaikunta Ekadashi: Fasting on this auspicious day and chanting Lord Vishnu’s name helps one attain moksha.
Ekadashi Vrat
Ekadashi Vrat is auspicious and is one the most spiritual and scientific way of keeping your senses active. Millions of people across the globe follow fasting for various religious and health benefits. Anyone, women, men, and even children, between the age of eight till eighty, can choose to follow the vrat to attain its benefits.
Ekadashi Fasting & Customs
Do’s
- If you cannot follow Nirjal Ekadashi, you can consume non-grains food like water, milk, fruits, cooked or raw vegetables, nuts.
- Start the fast with the sunrise after reciting Vishnu mantra – Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya, as a dedication to Vishnu.
- Indulge in charitable activities and focus on spreading positivity around you.
- Visit temples and do spend time reading religious scriptures like Bhagavad Geeta to earn good karma.
Dont’s
- Customs dictate that pregnant’s, sick, and people who have crossed eighty years should not observe fasting.
- Do not consume grains, meat, or any tamasic food that includes onion and garlic if you cannot follow nirjal Ekadashi.
- The fasting should start with the sunrise on Ekadashi and end with the sunrise on the next day.
- Do not engage in verbal battles, deceit, lying, or any other negative activities.
- Smoking and Drinking are prohibited during Ekadashi.
Food to Eat on Ekadashi
Ekadashi is a day dedicated to fasting. Certain people who have the stamina will go on water-less fasting from sunrise till next day sunrise. For people who cannot fast without water, they can consume the following food.
- The first level of fasting is nirjal or without drinking even a drop of water.
- The second level is consuming only water.
- If you cannot sustain on water alone, then you are allowed to have milk and fruits.
- The next option is to have non-grains food items such as boiled vegetables, soups, fruit and vegetable juice, dry fruits, roots, raw vegetable salad, etc. Take care not to consume onion and garlic in any form; in short, avoid all thamasic food.
- The last option is to consume any of the above three times in a day while avoiding all grains, including rice, wheat, ragi, barley, jowar, etc. and food made of flour of these items like chapati, poori, and others.
- Avoid consuming any form of meat, hing, mustard seeds, food grains, pulses, and even prasadam containing any or all of the above.
Fasting on Ekadashi loads you with health advantages. Our weel-learned sages did not recommend the custom without rhyme or reason. Start the Ekadashi fasting from this month and share your experience and the benefits with the world around you.
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Ekadashi Dates & Timings for Every Month – 2023
| Date | Day | Ekadashi Vrat    | Begin   | End  |   Hindu Month/ Paksha |
| 02-01- 2023 | Monday | Pausha Putrada Ekadashi Vaikuntha Ekadashi |
Begins – 07:11 PM, Jan 01 | Ends – 08:23 PM, Jan 02 | Pausha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 18-01-2023 | Wednesday | Shattila Ekadashi | 06:05 PM, Jan 17 | 04:03 PM, Jan 18 | Magha, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 01-02-2023 | Wednesday | Jaya Ekadashi | 11:53 AM, Jan 31 | 02:01 PM, Feb 01 | Magha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 16-02-2023 | Thursday | Vijaya Ekadashi | 05:32 AM, Feb 16 | 02:49 AM, Feb 17 | Phalguna, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 17-02-2023 | Friday | Vaishnava Vijaya Ekadashi | 05:32 AM, Feb 16 | 02:49 AM, Feb 17 | Phalguna, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 03-03-2023 | Friday | Amalaki Ekadashi | 06:39 AM, Mar 02 | 09:11 AM, Mar 03 | Phalguna, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 18-03-2023 | Saturday | Papmochani Ekadashi | 02:06 PM, Mar 17 | 11:13 AM, Mar 18 | Chaitra, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 01-04-2023 | Saturday | Kamada Ekadashi | 01:58 AM, Apr 01 | 04:19 AM, Apr 02 | Chaitra, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 02-04-2023 | Sunday | Vaishnava Kamada Ekadashi | 01:58 AM, Apr 01 | 04:19 AM, Apr 02 | Chaitra, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 16-04-2023 | Sunday | Varuthini Ekadashi | 08:45 PM, Apr 15 | 06:14 PM, Apr 16 | Vaishakha, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 01-05-2023 | Saturday | Mohini Ekadashi | 08:28 PM, Apr 30 | 10:09 PM, May 01 | Vaishakha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 15-05-2023 | Monday | Apara Ekadashi | 02:46 AM, May 15 | 01:03 AM, May 16 | Jyeshtha, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 31-05-2023 | Wednesday | Nirjala Ekadashi | 01:07 PM, May 30 | 01:45 PM, May 31 | Jyeshtha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 14-06-2023 | Wednesday | Yogini Ekadashi | 09:28 AM, Jun 13 | 08:48 AM, Jun 14 | Ashadha, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 29-06-2023 | Thursday | Devshayani Ekadashi | 03:18 AM, Jun 29 | 02:42 AM, Jun 30 | Ashadha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 13-07-2023 | Thursday | Kamika Ekadashi | 05:59 PM, Jul 12 | 06:24 PM, Jul 13 | Shravana, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 29-07-2023 | Saturday | Padmini Ekadashi | 02:51 PM, Jul 28 | 01:05 PM, Jul 29 | Shravana, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 12-08-2023 | Saturday | Parama Ekadashi | 05:06 AM, Aug 11 | 06:31 AM, Aug 12 | Shravana, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 27-08-2023 | Sunday | Shravana Putrada Ekadashi | 12:08 AM, Aug 27 | 09:32 PM, Aug 27 | Shravana Putrada Ekadashi |
| 10-09-2023 | Sunday | Aja Ekadashi | 07:17 PM, Sep 09 | 09:28 PM, Sep 10 | Bhadrapada, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 25-09-2023 | Monday | Parsva Ekadashi | 07:55 AM, Sep 25 | 05:00 AM, Sep 26 | Bhadrapada, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 26-09-2023 | Thursday | Gauna Parsva Ekadashi Vaishnava Parsva Ekadashi |
07:55 AM, Sep 25 | 05:00 AM, Sep 26 | Bhadrapada, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 10-10-2023 | Tuesday | Indira Ekadashi | 12:36 PM, Oct 09 | 03:08 PM, Oct 10 | Ashwina, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 25-10-2023 | Wednesday | Papankusha Ekadashi | 03:14 PM, Oct 24 | 12:32 PM, Oct 25 | Ashwina, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 09-11-2023 | Thursday | Rama Ekadashi | 08:23 AM, Nov 08 | 10:41 AM, Nov 09 | Kartika, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 23-11-2023 | Thursday | Devutthana Ekadashi Guruvayur Ekadashi |
11:03 PM, Nov 22 | 09:01 PM, Nov 23 | Kartika, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 08-12-2023 | Friday | Utpanna Ekadashi | 05:06 AM, Dec 08 | 06:31 AM, Dec 09 | Margashirsha, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 09-12-2023 | Saturday | Vaishnava Utpanna Ekadashi | 05:06 AM, Dec 08 | 06:31 AM, Dec 09 | Margashirsha, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 22-12-2023 | Friday | Mokshada Ekadashi | 08:16 AM, Dec 22 | 07:11 AM, Dec 23 | Margashirsha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 23-06-2023 | Saturday | Gauna Mokshada Ekadashi Vaishnava Mokshada Ekadashi Vaikuntha Ekadashi |
08:16 AM, Dec 22 | 07:11 AM, Dec 23 | Margashirsha, Shukla Ekadashi |
Ekadashi Dates & Timings for Every Month – 2022
|      Date     |      Day      |           Ekadashi Vrat           |         Begin         |         End          |        Hindu Month/ Paksha        |
| 13-01-2022 | Thursday | Pausha Putrada Ekadashi Vaikuntha Ekadashi |
04:49 PM, Jan 12 | 07:32 PM, Jan 13 | Pausha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 28-01-2022 | Friday | Shattila Ekadashi | 02:16 AM, Jan 28 | 11:35 PM, Jan 28 | Magha, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 12-02-2022 | Saturday | Jaya Ekadashi | 01:52 PM, Feb 11 | 04:27 PM, Feb 12 | Magha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 26-02-2022 | Saturday | Vijaya Ekadashi | 10:39 AM, Feb 26 | 08:12 AM, Feb 27 | Phalguna, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 27-02-2022 | Sunday | Gauna Vijaya Ekadashi Vaishnava Vijaya Ekadashi |
10:39 AM, Feb 26 | 08:12 AM, Feb 27 | Phalguna, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 14-03-2022 | Monday | Amalaki Ekadashi | 10:21 AM, Mar 13 | 12:05 PM, Mar 14 | Phalguna, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 28-03-2022 | Monday | Papmochani Ekadashi | 06:04 PM, Mar 27 | 04:15 PM, Mar 28 | Chaitra, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 12-04-2022 | Tuesday | Kamada Ekadashi | 04:30 AM, Apr 12 | 05:02 AM, Apr 13 | Chaitra, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 26-04-2022 | Tuesday | Varuthini Ekadashi | 01:37 AM, Apr 26 | 12:47 AM, Apr 27 | Vaishakha, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 12-05-2022 | Thursday | Mohini Ekadashi | 07:31 PM, May 11 | 06:51 PM, May 12 | Vaishakha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 26-05-2022 | Thursday | Apara Ekadashi | 10:32 AM, May 25 | 10:54 AM, May 26 | Jyeshtha, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 10-06-2022 | Friday | Nirjala Ekadashi | 07:25 AM, Jun 10 | 05:45 AM, Jun 11 | Jyeshtha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 11-06-2022 | Saturday | Gauna Nirjala Ekadashi Vaishnava Nirjala Ekadashi |
07:25 AM, Jun 10 | 05:45 AM, Jun 11 | Jyeshtha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 24-06-2022 | Friday | Yogini Ekadashi | 09:41 PM, Jun 23 | 11:12 PM, Jun 24 | Ashadha, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 10-07-2022 | Sunday | Devshayani Ekadashi | 04:39 PM, Jul 09 | 02:13 PM, Jul 10 | Ashadha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 24-07-2022 | Sunday | Kamika Ekadashi | 11:27 AM, Jul 23 | 01:45 PM, Jul 24 | Shravana, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 08-08-2022 | Monday | Shravana Putrada Ekadashi | 11:50 PM, Aug 07 | 09:00 PM, Aug 08 | Shravana, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 22-08-2022 | Monday | Aja Ekadashi | 03:35 AM, Aug 22 | 06:06 AM, Aug 23 | Bhadrapada, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 23-08-2022 | Tuesday | Vaishnava Aja Ekadashi | 03:35 AM, Aug 22 | 06:06 AM, Aug 23 | Bhadrapada, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 06-09-2022 | Tuesday | Parsva Ekadashi | 05:54 AM, Sep 06 | 03:04 AM, Sep 07 | Bhadrapada, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 07-09-2022 | Wednesday | Vaishnava Parsva Ekadashi | 05:54 AM, Sep 06 | 03:04 AM, Sep 07 | Bhadrapada, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 21-09-2022 | Wednesday | Indira Ekadashi | 09:26 PM, Sep 20 | 11:34 PM, Sep 21 | Ashwina, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 06-10-2022 | Thursday | Papankusha Ekadashi | 12:00 PM, Oct 05 | 09:40 AM, Oct 06 | Ashwina, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 21-10-2022 | Friday | Rama Ekadashi | 04:04 PM, Oct 20 | 05:22 PM, Oct 21 | Kartika, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 04-11-2022 | Friday | Devutthana Ekadashi | 07:30 PM, Nov 03 | 06:08 PM, Nov 04 | Kartika, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 20-11-2022 | Sunday | Utpanna Ekadashi | 10:29 AM, Nov 19 | 10:41 AM, Nov 20 | Margashirsha, Krishna Ekadashi |
| 03-12-2022 | Saturday | Mokshada Ekadashi | 05:39 AM, Dec 03 | 05:34 AM, Dec 04 | Margashirsha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 04-12-2021 | Sunday | Vaishnava Mokshada Ekadashi | 05:39 AM, Dec 03 | 05:34 AM, Dec 04 | Margashirsha, Shukla Ekadashi |
| 19-12-2021 | Monday | Saphala Ekadashi | 03:32 AM, Dec 19 | 02:32 AM, Dec 20 | Pausha, Krishna Ekadashi |
Ekadashi Dates & Timings for Every Month – 2021
| Date | Day | Type | Begins | Ends |
| 09-Jan-21 | Saturday | Saphala Ekadashi | 09:40 PM – 8th January | 07:17 PM -9th January |
| 24-Jan-21 | Sunday | Pausha Putrada Ekadashi | 08:56 PM – 23rd January | 10:57 PM- 24th January |
| 07-Feb-21 | Sunday | Shattila Ekadashi | 06:26 AM – 7th February | 04:47 AM – 8th February |
| 08-Feb-21 | Monday | Vaishnava Shattila Ekadashi | 06:26 AM – 7th February | 04:47 AM – 8th February |
| 23-Feb-21 | Tuesday | Jaya Ekadashi |  05:16 PM  – 22nd February | 06:05 PM  – 23rd February |
| 09-Mar-21 | Tuesday | Vijaya Ekadashi | 03:44 PM – 8th March |  03:02 PM – 9th March |
| 25-Mar-21 | Thursday | Amalaki Ekadashi | 10:23 AM – 24th March |  09:47 AM – 25th March |
| 07-April-21 | Wednesday | Papmochani Ekadashi | 02:09 AM – 7th April | 02:28 AM – 8th April |
| 23-April-21 | Friday | Kamada Ekadashi | 11:35 PM – 22nd April | 09:47 PM – 23rd April |
| 07-May-21 | Friday | Varuthini Ekadashi |  02:10 PM – 6th May | 03:32 PM – 7th May |
| 22-May-21 | Saturday | Mohini Ekadashi | 09:15 AM – 22nd May | 06:42 AM – 23rd May |
| 23-May-21 | Sunday | Vaishnava Mohini Ekadashi | 09:15 AM – 22nd May | 06:42 AM – 23rd May |
| 06-Jun-21 | Sunday | Apara Ekadashi | 04:07 AM – 5th June | 06:19 AM – 6th June |
| 21-Jun-21 | Monday | Nirjala Ekadashi | 04:21 PM – 20th June | 01:31 PM – 21st June |
| 05-Jul-21 | Monday | Yogini Ekadashi | 07:55 PM – 4th June | 10:30 PM – 5th July |
| 20-Jul-21 | Tuesday | Devshayani Ekadashi | 09:59 PM – 19th July | 07:17 PM – 20th July |
| 04-Aug-21 | Wednesday | Kamika Ekadashi | 12:59 PM – 3rd August | 03:17 – 4th August |
| 18-Aug-21 | Wednesday | Shravana Putrada Ekadashi | 03:20 AM – 18th August | 01:05 AM – 19th August |
| 03-Sep-21 | Friday | Aja Ekadashi | 06:21 AM – 2nd September | 07:44 AM – 3rd September |
| 17-Sep-21 | Friday | Parsva Ekadashi | 09:36 AM – 16th September | 08:07 AM – 17th September |
| 02-Oct-21 | Saturday | Indira Ekadashi |  11:03 PM – 1st October | 11:10 PM – 2nd October |
| 16-Oct-21 | Saturday | Papankusha Ekadashi |  06:02 PM – 15th October | 05:37 PM – 16th October |
| 01-Nov-21 | Monday | Rama Ekadashi | 02:27 PM- 31st October | 01:21 PM – 1st November |
| 15-Nov-21 | Monday | Devutthana Ekadashi | 05:48 AM – 14th November | 06:39 AM – 15th November |
| 30-Nov-21 | Tuesday | Utpanna Ekadashi | 04:13 AM – 30th November | 02:13 AM- 1st December |
| 14-Dec-21 | Tuesday | Mokshada Ekadashi | 09:32 PM – 13th December |  11:35 PM – 14th December |
| 25-Dec-21 | Thursday | Saphala Ekadashi |  04:12 PM- 29th December | 01:40 PM – 30th December |
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Is Their any benefits of fasting on Ekadashi?
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