Aniket Shetty

Utpanna Ekadashi

The Ekadashi on which Ekadashi herself was born.

Celebrated everywhere

Dates

YearDate
2026Friday, 4 December 2026
2027Wednesday, 24 November 2027
2028Sunday, 12 November 2028
2029Sunday, 2 December 2029
2030Thursday, 21 November 2030
2031Wednesday, 10 December 2031

Dates are for Mumbai. A tithi that changes close to sunrise or sunset can fall a day earlier or later in another city, so for your own town open the festival in the app.

When it falls

11th day of the waning moon, in Kartika. Like every lunar festival it lands on a different Gregorian date each year. Muhurtha works the date out from the positions of the Sun and Moon, using the rule for this festival; see how every festival is dated.

The story

This is the first Ekadashi. The demon Mura attacked Vishnu as he slept, and a goddess came from his body and destroyed him. Vishnu named her Ekadashi and gave her the day.

How it is kept

Those who wish to begin the vow of keeping Ekadashis start on this day, fasting from grains, worshipping Vishnu and breaking the fast the next morning.

Common questions

When is Utpanna Ekadashi in 2027?

In 2027, Utpanna Ekadashi falls on Wednesday, 24 November 2027 in Mumbai. Dates for other years are in the table above.

How is the date of Utpanna Ekadashi decided?

11th day of the waning moon, in Kartika. Like every lunar festival it lands on a different Gregorian date each year. Muhurtha works the date out from the positions of the Sun and Moon, using the rule for this festival; see how every festival is dated.

How is Utpanna Ekadashi kept?

Those who wish to begin the vow of keeping Ekadashis start on this day, fasting from grains, worshipping Vishnu and breaking the fast the next morning.

Other festivals nearby

Open the Muhurtha app to see Utpanna Ekadashi for your own town, with the exact time its tithi begins and ends. How every festival is dated.

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