Kamada Ekadashi 2028: Date, Parana Time & Vrat Vidhi

Parana (breaking the fast) is on Thursday, 6 April 2028, from 1:39 PM to 4:11 PM (New Delhi).

Break with water and tulsi, then fruit, then a light non-grain meal; a full meal after.

It is the grain-free Ekadashi fast (the fasting and parana rules are on the Ekadashi page), taken with a sankalpa naming the desire and a full Vishnu puja and katha.

By its mahatmya it removes a curse and the fault of an act done in the grip of desire, and it is often kept by spouses for harmony.

The Bhavishyottara Purana tells that in the city of Ratnapura, under the naga king Pundarika, the gandharva Lalit and his wife Lalita loved each other deeply. Performing at court, Lalit's singing faltered as his thoughts turned to Lalita; a naga reported it, and the king cursed him to a monstrous rakshasa form. Lalita followed him into the forest and, on a vidyadhari's advice, kept the Kamada Ekadashi and dedicated its merit to him; Lalit was restored and the two returned to the celestial city.

Source: Bhavishyottara Purana — the Kamada Ekadashi mahatmya

The Kamada Ekadashi mahatmya is given in the Bhavishyottara and Varaha Puranas; the day-rule, parana and vrat vidhi are those of every Ekadashi (see the Ekadashi page). It is the first Ekadashi after the Purnimanta new year and falls within Chaitra Navratri.

• Bhavishyottara Purana — the Kamada Ekadashi mahatmya
• Varaha Purana — the Ekadashi mahatmyas

1. The grain-free fast is kept from sunrise with a Vishnu puja, the Ekadashi katha and a night vigil; the sankalpa names the wish or the affliction.
2. Daan is given; the parana is within the Dwadashi after the Hari Vasara.

• Pan-Indian (Vaishnava). Kept as the first Ekadashi of the year, often for a wish or for spousal harmony, within the Chaitra Navratri window.

• Phalahar — Spring fruit, milk and sabudana at the start of the new year.
• Parana — Tulsi water, fruit, then a light meal.

Kamada Ekadashi is kept on the day when Ekadashi of Chaitra Shukla paksha prevails at sunrise. This year it falls on Wednesday, 5 April 2028. Ekadashi does not hold at sunrise on any of the nearby days. Ekadashi begins after sunrise on Wednesday, 5 April and ends before the next sunrise.

at sunrise

Tithi skipped (kshaya)

Kamada Ekadashi is the Shukla Ekadashi of Chaitra — the Moon 120°–132° ahead of the Sun (sidereal, Lahiri), with the Sun in sidereal Meena or early Mesha. See the Ekadashi page for the day-rule and the Smarta / Vaishnava difference.

A lunar date: Ekadashi of the bright half of Chaitra drifts about 11 days earlier each solar year, then jumps back ~19 days when a leap (Adhika) month is inserted.