Devshayani Ekadashi 2026 kab hai?

Devshayani Ekadashi 2026 5 July 2026 ko hai. The day Vishnu enters yoga nidra — start of Chaturmas, end of wedding muhurats

How is Devshayani Ekadashi celebrated?

The cultural and ritual implications are profound. During Chaturmas, weddings (vivah), griha pravesh, mundan, and most other shubh muhurats are not undertaken — tradition holds that without Vishnu's active blessing, these auspicious endeavours lack the grace they require. Instead, Chaturmas becomes a season of austerity, sadhana, and inward turning: many take vows to abstain from a particular food (curd, jaggery, oil) or to perform a daily reading (Bhagavata Purana, Ramayana, Vishnu Sahasranama). Saints traditionally do not travel during Chaturmas, settling in one place for four months of teac

What seva is auspicious on Devshayani Ekadashi?

Gau Seva on Devshayani Ekadashi anchors the four months of Chaturmas in compassion and continuity. Offering green fodder, jaggery, or full bhojan to a cow on this day — and resolving to perform regular Gau Seva through Chaturmas as one's tapasya — is among the most cherished ways to honour Vishnu's repose. The cow, like Vishnu, embodies nourishment that asks nothing in return.

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Devshayani Ekadashi

देवशयनी एकादशी

5 July 2026

“The day Vishnu enters yoga nidra — start of Chaturmas, end of wedding muhurats”

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Devshayani Ekadashi — when is it where you are?

This festival follows the Hindu Tithi (lunar day), calculated from local sunrise. A festival can fall on a different calendar date depending on where you are. Below are calendar dates in major diaspora markets.

Your local time

Saturday, 4 July 2026

America/New_York

USA (Eastern)4 Jul 2026
USA (Pacific)4 Jul 2026
UK (London)5 Jul 2026
Canada (Toronto)4 Jul 2026
UAE (Dubai)5 Jul 2026
Singapore5 Jul 2026
Australia (Sydney)5 Jul 2026
India (IST)5 Jul 2026

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Significance of Devshayani Ekadashi

Devshayani Ekadashi (देवशयनी एकादशी, also Hari Shayani, Padma Ekadashi, or Ashadhi Ekadashi) is observed on the eleventh day (Ekadashi) of the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) of Ashadha month. It marks the moment Lord Vishnu — having returned to his cosmic abode at Kshira Sagara (the ocean of milk) — enters his four-month yogic sleep (yoga nidra) on the great serpent Ananta Shesha. From this day until Devuthani Ekadashi (Kartik Shukla Ekadashi, four months later), Vishnu is said to be in repose, and the period is known as Chaturmas.