Aja Ekadashi 2025 Date

📅 Date: August 18, 2025

📜 Name: Aja Ekadashi

🧘 Tithi: Ekadashi

🌌 Nakshatra: Punarvasu

🌓 Paksha: Krishna (Shravana)

📆 Weekday: Monday

🕒 Start-End Timing: Begins – 09:26 PM, Aug 17
Ends – 08:15 PM, Aug 18

Parana (Break Fast)

📅 Date: 2025-08-19

🌞 Sunrise: 06:00 AM

🧘 Tithi After Sunrise: Dwadashi (Krishna)

Vrat Significance

Aja Ekadashi is a sacred Hindu fasting day observed on August 18, 2025. Devotees worship Lord Vishnu with prayers, fasting, and rituals. Observing this vrat is believed to bring spiritual upliftment, purification, and divine blessings. The vrat katha of Aja Ekadashi highlights the spiritual importance of this Ekadashi. It is believed that observing this vrat brings prosperity, forgiveness, and spiritual growth.

🕉️ Aja Ekadashi Vrat Katha

🪔 Aja Ekadashi Puja Vidhi

Aja Ekadashi is an important Hindu festival that is observed with great devotion and dedication. The Puja Vidhi for Aja Ekadashi Ekadashi 2025 is as follows:

1. Begin the day by waking up early in the morning before sunrise. Take a bath and wear clean and fresh clothes.

2. Set up a clean and sacred space for the puja. Place a picture or idol of Lord Vishnu in the puja area. Light a diya or lamp and some incense sticks.

3. Offer flowers, fruits, and sweets to the deity. Chant the Vishnu Sahasranama or any other Vishnu mantra of your choice.

4. Recite the Aja Ekadashi Vrat Katha, which narrates the significance and story of Aja Ekadashi.

5. Offer prayers and seek the blessings of Lord Vishnu for good health, prosperity, and well-being for yourself and your family.

6. Perform an aarti by circling the diya or lamp in a clockwise direction and singing devotional songs in praise of Lord Vishnu.

7. Conclude the puja by distributing prasad to family members and devotees.

8. Observing a fast on Aja Ekadashi is considered highly auspicious. If you are observing a fast, avoid consuming grains, rice, and beans. You can consume fruits, milk, and other Ekadashi-friendly food items.

9. In the evening, visit a Vishnu temple and participate in the special Aja Ekadashi rituals and ceremonies conducted there.

10. Spend the rest of the day in prayer, meditation, and contemplation of Lord Vishnu’s divine qualities and teachings.

Following these steps will help you observe Aja Ekadashi Ekadashi 2025 with dedication and devotion. May Lord Vishnu bless you with peace, prosperity, and happiness on this auspicious day.

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