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Amalaki Ekadashi

Amalaki Ekadashi is the Ekadashi fast of this lunar fortnight. The dates below are for the place on show, with the Smarta and Vaishnava fasts, the Parana (fast-breaking) time and the rule applied.

Next date: Thursday, 18 March 2027

Howrah, West Bengal, India 22.5769°, 88.3186° Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30) North Indian · Lahiri (calibrated)

Dates in 2026

  1. Friday, 27 February 2026

    Phalguna Shukla Paksha (same name in Amanta and Purnimanta)

    Smarta and Vaishnava dates — Both traditions fast on this day. Smarta: 27/02/2026 (Fri) Vaishnava (ISKCON): 27/02/2026 (Fri)
    • Smarta 27/02/2026 (Fri) Parana · 28/02/2026 (Sat): to — Parana in Pratahkal (the first fifth of the day), after Hari Vasara has ended. Smarta: Ekadashi prevails at sunrise on this day.
    • Vaishnava (ISKCON) 27/02/2026 (Fri) Parana · 28/02/2026 (Sat): to — ISKCON (GCal) rule: from sunrise to one third of the daytime. Vaishnava: a pure (shuddha) Ekadashi, already running at Arunodaya, 96 minutes before sunrise.

    Parana: 28/02/2026 (Sat), to — Parana in Pratahkal (the first fifth of the day), after Hari Vasara has ended.

    Panchang for this day · Ekadashi 2026

Dates in 2027

  1. Thursday, 18 March 2027

    Phalguna Shukla Paksha (same name in Amanta and Purnimanta)

    Smarta and Vaishnava dates — The traditions differ this time. Smarta: 18/03/2027 (Thu) Vaishnava (ISKCON): 19/03/2027 (Fri)
    • Smarta 18/03/2027 (Thu) Parana · 19/03/2027 (Fri): to — Parana in Pratahkal (the first fifth of the day), after Hari Vasara has ended. Smarta: Ekadashi prevails at sunrise on this day.
    • Vaishnava (ISKCON) 19/03/2027 (Fri) Parana · 20/03/2027 (Sat): to — ISKCON (GCal) rule: from sunrise to one third of the daytime. Vaishnava: Dashami still ran at Arunodaya of the Ekadashi day (Dashami-viddha) or Ekadashi touched no sunrise, so the fast is kept on Dwadashi.

    Parana: 19/03/2027 (Fri), to — Parana in Pratahkal (the first fifth of the day), after Hari Vasara has ended.

    Panchang for this day · Ekadashi 2027

Questions about Amalaki Ekadashi

When is Amalaki Ekadashi 2027?

Amalaki Ekadashi 2027 is on Thursday, 18 March 2027.

When is the Parana (fast-breaking) for Amalaki Ekadashi?

Parana is on Friday, 19 March 2027, 07:13 to 08:07.

How these dates are calculated

Parana is done on the day after Ekadashi, after sunrise, while Dwadashi is still running. It is preferably done in Pratahkal (the first fifth of the day) and should not be delayed into Madhyahna unless Hari Vasara makes that unavoidable.

Traditions may vary by region and Panchang convention. Times are shown for the selected place, time zone and calculation profile.

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