Nirjala Ekadashi 2026 Thu 25 Jun
Parana time in New Delhi: Fri 26 Jun, 05:25–19:22 IST
Vrat · 30 cities, each on its own sunrise and sunset, in its own time
When is Nirjala Ekadashi 2026?
Thursday 25 June
Jyeshtha Shukla Ekadashi
Parana time: when to break the fast?
Friday 26 June
Nirjala Ekadashi timings: fast, parana
New Delhi · IST
- Thursday 25 June
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05:24Fast beginsat sunrise
- Friday 26 June
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05:25–19:22Parana timeto break the fast · Tithika’s convention
Nirjala Ekadashi in 30 cities
Times in each city’s own zone.
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Nirjala Ekadashi 2026 by state and country
Each opens Nirjala Ekadashi 2026 there: the date and each city’s Parana time.
States and territories of India
- Andaman and Nicobar
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chhattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
Countries
Why is Nirjala Ekadashi on Thu 25 Jun?
In New Delhi
Nirjala Ekadashi is on Thu 25 Jun: Ekadashi holds that sunrise and all of its arunodaya.
Ekadashi through all of arunodaya and at sunrise. Ekadashi: 18:12 Wed to 20:09.
Ekadashi ended at 20:09 Thu; arunodaya is Dwadashi.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Arunodaya. Light strip: day; dark strip: night. Sun: sunrise.
Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Thu 25 Jun only, at 05:24: Thu 25 Jun. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 18:12 Wed, before it (03:48–05:24).
Breaking the fast
Smarta · Vaishnava · Fri 26 Jun, 05:25–19:22 (sunset, Tithika’s convention)
Parana is on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara) and before it ends. Dwadashi runs from 20:09 on Thu 25 Jun to 22:22 on Fri 26 Jun; harivasara ends at 02:43. So parana runs from sunrise on Fri 26 Jun, 05:25. Parana is a day act, so Tithika ends the window at sunset, 19:22: Tithika’s convention. Dwadashi runs past midday: the Dharmasindhu reports that many keep parana to the first 3 muhurtas after sunrise, until 08:12.
The rule
Jyeshtha Shukla Ekadashi
The Ekadashi fast runs from sunrise until parana the next day.
- Smarta
- Ekadashi at sunrise; over two sunrises the first, or the second when Dwadashi grows too; with none, the day it is current (Nirnayasindhu).
- Vaishnava
- Ekadashi through arunodaya, the 96 minutes before sunrise, unpierced by Dashami; over two sunrises, the second.
- Breaking the fast
- on Dwadashi, after its first quarter (harivasara).
Each city’s date and times are worked out at its own sunrise and sunset; each city’s page draws the reason.