Vijaya Ekadashi 2025 Date

📅 Date: February 23, 2025

📜 Name: Vijaya Ekadashi

🧘 Tithi: Ekadashi

🌌 Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha

🌓 Paksha: Krishna (Phalguna)

📆 Weekday: Sunday

🕒 Start-End Timing: Begins – 09:26 PM, Feb 22
Ends – 08:15 PM, Feb 23

Parana (Break Fast)

📅 Date: 2025-02-24

🌞 Sunrise: 06:00 AM

🧘 Tithi After Sunrise: Dwadashi (Krishna)

Vrat Significance

Vijaya Ekadashi is a sacred Hindu fasting day observed on February 23, 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 Vijaya Ekadashi highlights the spiritual importance of this Ekadashi. It is believed that observing this vrat brings prosperity, forgiveness, and spiritual growth.

🕉️ Vijaya Ekadashi Vrat Katha

On the auspicious occasion of Vijaya Ekadashi in the year 2025, let us narrate the spiritual Vrat Katha of this sacred day.

Once upon a time, there was a righteous king named Indrasena who ruled over the kingdom of Mahishmati. Despite his wealth and power, the king was always troubled by the thought of his ancestors, who were suffering in the afterlife due to their past sins.

One day, a sage visited the king and advised him to observe the Vrat of Vijaya Ekadashi to free his ancestors from their suffering. The sage explained that by observing this fast with devotion and sincerity, the king could earn the blessings of Lord Vishnu and bring peace to his ancestors’ souls.

Eager to alleviate his ancestors’ suffering, King Indrasena observed the Vijaya Ekadashi Vrat with great reverence. He abstained from food and water throughout the day and spent the time in prayer and meditation, seeking the blessings of Lord Vishnu.

As a result of his unwavering devotion, the king’s ancestors were released from their torment and ascended to the heavenly abode. The king was overjoyed and grateful for the divine intervention that brought peace to his forefathers.

From that day onwards, King Indrasena and his kingdom observed the Vijaya Ekadashi Vrat with great enthusiasm and faith, knowing the tremendous benefits it brought to their loved ones in the afterlife.

So, on this Vijaya Ekadashi in the year 2025, let us all observe this sacred fast with devotion and sincerity, seeking the blessings of Lord Vishnu and the liberation of our ancestors’ souls. May this Vrat bring peace, prosperity, and spiritual upliftment to all who observe it with a pure heart. Jai Shri Krishna!

🪔 Vijaya Ekadashi Puja Vidhi

Vijaya Ekadashi is a significant day for Hindu devotees, and performing a Puja Vidhi on this day is considered auspicious. Here is a step-by-step Puja Vidhi in English for Vijaya Ekadashi 2025:

1. Begin by waking up early in the morning and taking a bath to purify yourself.

2. Cleanse the Puja area and place a clean cloth on the altar or in the place where you will perform the Puja.

3. Place a picture or idol of Lord Vishnu on the altar, along with a Kalash (holy pot) filled with water, and some flowers, fruits, and sweets for offerings.

4. Light a diya (oil lamp) and incense sticks to create a sacred atmosphere.

5. Chant the Vishnu Sahasranama or any other prayers dedicated to Lord Vishnu to invoke his blessings.

6. Offer water, flowers, fruits, and sweets to the deity while reciting prayers and mantras.

7. Use a Tulsi leaf or a flower to offer Chandan (sandalwood paste) and Kumkum (vermilion) to the deity.

8. Offer Akshat (unbroken rice) and perform Aarti with the diya while singing devotional songs or bhajans.

9. Conclude the Puja by seeking the blessings of Lord Vishnu for prosperity, well-being, and success.

10. Distribute the Prasad (offerings) to your family members and seek their blessings.

11. You can also observe a fast on Vijaya Ekadashi and break it on the following day, Dwadashi, after performing the morning Puja.

It is important to perform the Puja with devotion and sincerity to receive the blessings of Lord Vishnu on Vijaya Ekadashi.

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