Apara Ekadashi 2026 Date

📅 Date: May 12, 2026

📜 Name: Apara Ekadashi

🧘 Tithi: Ekadashi

🌌 Nakshatra: Revati

🌓 Paksha: Krishna (Vaishakha)

📆 Weekday: Tuesday

🕒 Start-End Timing: Begins – 09:26 PM, May 11
Ends – 08:15 PM, May 12

Parana (Break Fast)

📅 Date: 2026-05-13

🌞 Sunrise: 06:00 AM

🧘 Tithi After Sunrise: Dwadashi (Krishna)

Vrat Significance

Apara Ekadashi is a sacred Hindu fasting day observed on May 12, 2026. 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 Apara Ekadashi highlights the spiritual importance of this Ekadashi. It is believed that observing this vrat brings prosperity, forgiveness, and spiritual growth.

🕉️ Apara Ekadashi Vrat Katha

🪔 Apara Ekadashi Puja Vidhi

Apara Ekadashi Puja Vidhi:

1. Begin the day by waking up early in the morning before sunrise and taking a bath to purify yourself.
2. Cleanse the puja area and place a wooden platform or a clean cloth for the idol of Lord Vishnu.
3. Place the idol or image of Lord Vishnu on the platform and decorate it with flowers, garlands, and sandalwood paste.
4. Light a diya or lamp and incense sticks in front of the idol.
5. Offer water, milk, honey, and tulsi leaves to the idol as a form of abhishekam.
6. Chant the Vishnu Sahasranama or any other Vishnu stotra of your choice.
7. Offer fruits, sweets, and other vegetarian food items to the deity as prasad.
8. Recite the Apara Ekadashi vrat katha or the story of Apara Ekadashi.
9. Meditate and pray to Lord Vishnu for blessings and forgiveness for any past mistakes.
10. Conclude the puja by performing aarti and seeking the blessings of Lord Vishnu for the well-being of yourself and your family.

It is important to observe fasting on Apara Ekadashi and break the fast on the next day, Dwadashi, after performing the morning rituals and offering food to a Brahmin.

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