Shattila Ekadashi 2027: Date (Tuesday 2 February), Parana Time by City, Six Uses of Sesame and Vrat Katha

Quick answer: Shattila Ekadashi 2027 is on Tuesday 2 February in India. Drik Panchang gives the Ekadashi tithi from 8:41 AM IST on Monday 1 February to 11:10 AM IST on Tuesday 2 February. In Delhi break the fast on Wednesday 3 February, 7:08 AM to 9:19 AM. In the USA and Canada the fast is on Monday 1 February, with parana on Tuesday 2 February.

Last updated: 25 October 2026. This is the 2027 page. Our earlier Shattila Ekadashi 2026 page covers January 2026; for the next Shattila Ekadashi use the dates here, which come from Drik Panchang's Delhi and New York pages and our 28-city calculation.

Shattila Ekadashi 2027 kab hai: date and tithi (षटतिला एकादशी 2027 कब है)

Ekadashi begins on Monday morning in India after sunrise, so the fast day is Tuesday, when the tithi is current at sunrise. Dwadashi lasts into Wednesday afternoon and the Hari Vasara ends on Tuesday evening, so the Wednesday-morning parana is clear.

Also read: Rama Ekadashi 2026, Saphala Ekadashi 2027, Pausha Putrada Ekadashi 2027, Jaya Ekadashi 2027, Ekadashi dates and parana by city (all Ekadashis).

Shattila Ekadashi 2027 date and parana time by city (पारण का समय)

New York (Drik Panchang): fast on Monday 1 February; parana on Tuesday 2 February, 7:20 AM to 9:07 AM. In the Americas the tithi begins on Sunday night, so Monday is the fast day.

All times are local clock times for each city, worked out separately for that city; they are not India's times shifted. Clocks used: US cities and Toronto on standard time (DST ended on 1 November 2026); London on GMT; Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland on summer time; and, under the 2026 provincial changes, British Columbia on UTC−7, Alberta on UTC−6 and Manitoba on UTC−5 all winter. Rows for Delhi, Hyderabad, New York, Vancouver, Seattle and the Bay Area use Drik Panchang's published windows where we checked them; the others come from our calculator, which matches Drik's windows to within one or two minutes. Where a window is very short, check Drik for your exact city.

London and Frankfurt show two days: Ekadashi begins there just before Monday's dawn, so the Vaishnava fast moves to Tuesday, and Dwadashi is current at two sunrises. In Durban the Ekadashi covers two sunrises; Smarta families keep the first day and Vaishnava families the second.

Six uses of sesame (til) on Shattila Ekadashi

The list comes from the Shattila Ekadashi mahatmya, which names these six acts. Families rarely do all six; one or two, done with care, are enough. In the cold of Magha, sesame and jaggery are also traditional winter foods.

Shattila Ekadashi vrat katha: the woman who gave a lump of clay

This is our own retelling. The story is traditionally attributed to the Padma Purana (Uttara Khanda) and the Bhavishya-Uttara Purana; in some versions the sage Pulastya tells it to Dalbhya, in others Krishna tells it to Yudhishthira.

A pious Brahmin woman spent her life in fasts and prayers to Vishnu. Her vows made her pure, but she never gave food to anyone. To teach her, Vishnu came to her door as a poor mendicant and asked for alms. Annoyed, she put a lump of clay in his bowl, and he went away.

When she died, the merit of her vows took her to heaven, to a beautiful house, but the house was empty: no grain, no food, nothing but a single tree. She asked Vishnu why. He told her that because she had never given food, she had none to receive, and that she had once given him a lump of clay. He told her to ask the celestial women who came to visit her about the Shattila Ekadashi vrat.

She kept the vrat as they described, with sesame used in six ways and with gifts of food. Her house filled with grain and every comfort. The teaching is plain: devotion and charity go together, and a vrat without giving is incomplete.

Variations: in some tellings the house had only a mango tree; in some the celestial women would not tell her the vrat until she opened the door herself; Telugu and Hindi Ekadashi books differ in such details.

Shattila Ekadashi vrat vidhi: a simple home puja

On Dashami, Monday 1 February (India)

• Eat one light, sattvic meal; many families avoid grains and beans from sunset.
• Pick tulasi leaves today if you will use them, because many families do not pluck tulasi on Ekadashi.

On Ekadashi, Tuesday 2 February (India)

1. Bathe early, clean the puja space and light a ghee or sesame-oil lamp before an image of Vishnu, Krishna or Lakshmi-Narayana.
2. Take a short sankalpa (intention) in your own words: that you will keep the vrat with devotion, as far as your health allows.
3. Offer tulasi leaves, flowers, fruit and a little sesame and jaggery; light a sesame-oil lamp.
4. Read the Shattila katha, chant Vishnu Sahasranama or a short name-mantra, and set aside sesame or food to give.
5. Keep the fast at the level you can manage (see below). In the evening, do aarti; some families keep a night of bhajans (jagaran).

Parana on Dwadashi, Wednesday 3 February (India)

• Bathe, do a short puja and offer the food to the Lord first.
• Break the fast inside your local parana window (table above), after the Hari Vasara and before Dwadashi ends. Many begin with tulasi water or fruit, then a simple meal.
• If you can, share food with someone in need before you eat.

In the USA and Canada shift each day one day earlier (Dashami Sunday 31 January, fast Monday 1 February, parana Tuesday 2 February). A short mantra from our verified list:

ॐ नमो नारायणाय॥

oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya||

Meaning: Salutations to Lord Narayana.

Shattila Ekadashi 2027: fasting levels and what to eat

Commonly allowed: fruit, milk, curd, paneer, nuts, makhana, potatoes, sweet potatoes, sabudana, and flours of kuttu (buckwheat), rajgira (amaranth) and singhara (water chestnut), usually cooked with rock salt (sendha namak). Simple recipes: sabudana khichdi, kuttu puri and rajgira paratha.

Commonly avoided: rice, wheat and other grains, dals and beans, onion, garlic, meat, eggs and alcohol. Rules differ between families and sampradayas, so follow your elders or your temple. Til laddoos, sesame chikki and sesame with jaggery are customary where the family allows seeds; they are rich and sweet, so keep portions small if you have diabetes.

Health note: if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, elderly, diabetic, have low or high blood pressure, take regular medication (especially insulin or other diabetes medicines, or blood-pressure tablets) or are recovering from illness, do not keep a strict or waterless fast without your doctor's advice. Do not skip prescribed medicines for a fast. Drink water and eat if you feel dizzy or unwell. Children do not need to fast. A sattvic meal with sincere prayer honours the day just as well; no vrat should put your health at risk, and no vrat promises a particular result.

Shattila Ekadashi for NRI families

• Midweek fast: the fast is on a Monday in North America and a Tuesday in India, the UK (Smarta: Monday), the Gulf and Australia, so plan a light phalahar day at work.
• Giving abroad: donating to a food bank or a temple's food programme in winter is an easy way to practise the 'dana' of the day.
• Sesame at home: white and black sesame, jaggery and chikki are stocked by Indian grocers; black sesame is often used for tarpana.

Ekadashi dates: November 2026 to February 2027

For every Ekadashi with parana windows in 28 cities on one page, see our Ekadashi dates, parana times and vrat rules guide.

Shattila Ekadashi 2027: frequently asked questions

When is Shattila Ekadashi 2027?

Shattila Ekadashi 2027 is on Tuesday 2 February 2027 in India, per Drik Panchang. In the USA and Canada it is Monday 1 February. In London and Frankfurt Smarta families fast on Monday 1 February and Vaishnava families on Tuesday 2 February.

What is the Shattila Ekadashi parana time?

In Delhi, break the fast on Wednesday 3 February 2027 between 7:08 AM and 9:19 AM (Drik); Dwadashi ends at 1:50 PM IST. In New York parana is Tuesday 2 February, 7:20 AM to 9:07 AM.

What are the six uses of sesame on Shattila Ekadashi?

Bathing with sesame in the water, rubbing the body with sesame paste, offering sesame in a homa, offering sesame water to ancestors (tarpana), eating a little sesame, and giving sesame in charity. 'Shat' means six and 'tila' means sesame.

Can I eat sesame on Ekadashi?

Many families eat til laddoos or sesame with jaggery on this Ekadashi, because the scriptures name eating sesame as one of the six uses. Some strict traditions avoid seeds on any Ekadashi. Follow your family's practice.

Is Shattila Ekadashi in Magha or Pausha?

In the purnimanta calendar of North India it is Magha Krishna Ekadashi. In the amanta calendar of the Telugu, Kannada, Marathi and Gujarati regions it is Pausha Bahula Ekadashi.

Who should not fast?

People who are pregnant or breastfeeding, elderly, diabetic, unwell or on regular medication should not keep a strict fast without their doctor's advice. Til laddoos are sweet and rich: people with diabetes should take care. A sattvic meal with prayer is a valid way to keep the day.

Editor's note

Editor's note (25 October 2026): The India date, the Ekadashi tithi times and the parana windows for Delhi and New York come from Drik Panchang's Ekadashi pages. The 28-city table comes from our ephemeris calculator, which reproduces Drik's rules (Ekadashi at sunrise, the Dashami-at-arunodaya rule for Vaishnava dates, Hari Vasara, and the afternoon parana when Hari Vasara runs late) and matched every Drik Ekadashi date we checked for Delhi, New York and Sydney, and Drik's parana windows for Delhi, Hyderabad, New York, Vancouver, Seattle and San Jose to within one or two minutes, including the very short windows. The katha is our own retelling; customs vary by family, region and sampradaya. If your temple announces a different day, follow your temple. Nothing here promises any particular result.

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