Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2027

Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2027 falls on Wednesday, 10 November. On the Ekadashi of the bright half of Kartik, Vishnu is believed to wake from the four-month sleep that began on Devshayani Ekadashi, ending Chaturmas and opening the Hindu wedding season. It is also called Prabodhini Ekadashi, Devutthana Ekadashi and Kartiki Ekadashi, and it leads straight into Tulsi Vivah.

Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2027 date

Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2027 is on Wednesday, 10 November 2027 (Kartik Shukla Ekadashi), with parana on Thursday, 11 November within the Dwadashi tithi. In 2026 it falls on Friday, 20 November. Check a local panchang for the parana window.

Why Dev Uthani Ekadashi is celebrated

The Puranas describe Vishnu resting on the serpent Shesha in the ocean of milk through the four monsoon months of Chaturmas, when new beginnings are paused and devotees keep vows. On Prabodhini Ekadashi the gods and sages wake him with hymns, conches and bells, and auspicious work resumes. A related tradition links the sleep to Vishnu’s stay with King Bali after the Vamana avatar. The Padma and Skanda Puranas praise the merit of fasting on this day. For the full story and a step-by-step vidhi, read Dev Uthani Ekadashi: story and vrat vidhi.

How Dev Uthani Ekadashi is observed

• Fast: grains and beans are avoided; many keep a fruit-and-milk or waterless fast.
• Waking the Lord: Vishnu’s image or footprints in rice flour are placed under a canopy of sugarcane, and families sing “Utho Dev, baitho Dev”.
• Harvest offerings: sugarcane, water chestnut, sweet potato, jujube and new grain.
• Pandharpur: the Kartiki Ekadashi yatra draws Varkari pilgrims to Vitthal.
• Weddings: the marriage season opens from this day.

The meaning of the day

Dev Uthani Ekadashi turns the year from rest to renewal: the discipline of Chaturmas flows back into active life. See every festival on the Hindu festival calendar.

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