THE FAST, END TO END
From sankalp to parana
Roughly 26 hours. The part most people get wrong is the end, not the beginning.
Sankalp & sunrise
8 Sep · 6:02 AM
The fast
No grains · fruit, milk and water permitted
Tithi ends
8 Sep · 8:04 PM
Parana window opens
9 Sep sunrise
Window closes
Dwadashi ends
Fast beginsTithi boundaryParana windowYou are here
Sankalp & sunrise
8 September · 6:02 AM
A simple resolve. The fast begins here.
The fast — through the day and night
No grains. Fruit, milk and water permitted. Nirjala is one form, not the requirement.
Ekadashi tithi ends
8 September · 8:04 PM
The fast continues past this point — it ends at parana, not at the tithi.
Parana window opens
9 September, sunrise · 6:02 AM
Window closes — Dwadashi ends
9 September · 8:17 AM
Break the fast before this.
THE FULL PANCHANG FOR THIS DATE
8 September 2026, New Delhi
COMPUTED VALUES · PURNIMANTA
TithiBhadrapada Krishna EkadashiBegins 7 Sep 7:14 PM · ends 8 Sep 8:04 PM
PakshaKrishna — waning
NakshatraPunarvasuUntil 8 Sep 9:42 PM
Yoga · KaranaShobhana · Bava
Sunrise · Sunset6:02 AM · 18:32 PM
Rahu Kaal15:18 – 16:51 PMAvoided by convention for new beginnings
Parana window9 Sep, 6:02 AM – 8:17 AMApproximately 2h 15m
THIS PAGE ANSWERS "WHEN"
For "how", read the guide
The vidhi, the katha, the fasting forms and the corrections all live in the Ritual Guide — which does not change from one Ekadashi to the next.
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RITUAL GUIDE
How to observe an Ekadashi vrat
Sankalp, the grain rule and what actually counts as a grain, the three fasting forms, and the parana rule explained once for all 24 Ekadashis of the year.
ASKED EVERY TIME
Quick answers for this date
?Do I fast on the 8th or the 9th?
The 8th, if you follow the Smarta convention — which most households without a formal sampradaya affiliation do. Vaishnava observers follow a different rule for the same tithi and may fast on the 9th. Both are correct within their frameworks.
?What if I wake up after the parana window has closed?
Break the fast anyway, as soon as you can. The tradition treats a late parana as an imperfect observance, not a void one — and there is no penance attached. Set an alarm next time. That is the whole remedy.
?Can I drink water during the fast?
Yes. Nirjala — without water — is one form some observers choose, but it is not what the Ekadashi vrat asks for. Fruit, milk and water are permitted in the widely observed form. The rule that matters is the grain rule.
?Why does the date differ between apps?
A tithi starts at a fixed moment, but the Hindu day starts at sunrise — and sunrise differs by city. A tithi beginning before sunrise in Delhi may begin after it in Chennai, moving the date by a day. Set your city above and the page recomputes.
THIS VRAT RECURS
Every Ekadashi in 2026
Twice a lunar month, twenty-four times a year. Each has its own name and its own parana window.
22 Aug
Saturday
Kamika Ekadashi
8 Sep
Tuesday
Aja Ekadashi — this one
22 Sep
Tuesday
Parsva Ekadashi
7 Oct
Wednesday
Indira Ekadashi