Vijaya Ekadashi 2026 Date
Vijaya Ekadashi 2026 is on Friday, 13 February 2026, on Ekadasi tithi.
Dates are for India (IST). Tithi timings for your city are on the Vijaya Ekadashi page.
About Vijaya Ekadashi
The Ekadashi Rama is said to have observed on the eve of crossing the ocean to Lanka. Falling in Phalguna Krishna Paksha, its Skanda Purana katha names sage Bakadalbhya as the one who prescribed it — and asks the devotee to fast alongside their 'army', meaning the whole household.
The Vrat Katha, set in the Skanda Purana, has Rama stranded on the ocean shore before the Lanka war. Sage Bakadalbhya (also spelt Vakdalbhya) tells him this fast alone will carry his army across. The prescription is unusually specific. On Dashami, set up a kalasha — a pot of gold, silver, copper or clay — filled with water, with seven grains placed beneath it and barley on top, and a small golden image of Vishnu installed above. The devotee sits before this pot through Ekadashi and keeps an all-night vigil. On Dwadashi, after bathing in a river, the whole arrangement is gifted to a Brahmin. The sage told Rama to observe it with his military commanders — so unlike most Ekadashis, Vijaya is framed as a collective fast for shared victory, not a private one.
