Padmini Ekadashi
Festival Pooja & Pandit Booking
Want a Pandit-led pooja for this festival at home, or online if you live abroad? Dharmayana connects you with verified Pandits for all major Hindu festivals — Diwali, Navratri, Shivratri, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi and more.
You can book:
- Festival pooja at home with a verified Pandit
- Online / virtual pooja with live video and digital prasad
- Same-day sankalp for time-sensitive festivals
Bookings, samagri lists and Pandit assignment are all handled inside the Dharmayana app — choose the festival, pick a date and the rest is taken care of.
Prarthana, Mantras & Vrat Katha
Every festival has its own prarthanas, stotras and vrat kathas. Reading or listening to them on the festival day is the simplest way to observe the tradition at home.
Inside the Dharmayana app you can listen to:
- 1000+ prarthanas, mantras and stotras with clear audio
- Festival-specific kathas — Lakshmi, Durga, Shiva, Ganesha, Krishna
- Multilingual versions: Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and more
Browse the full collection of prarthanas or get the app to play them on the festival morning without ads.
Festival Date, Tithi & Muhurat
Hindu festivals are tied to a specific Tithi, not a fixed date — so the day shifts every year and even varies slightly across cities.
Open the Panchanga for the festival day to see the exact Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana and Shubh Muhurat for pooja in your location.
The Dharmayana app keeps track of all upcoming festivals on the Hindu calendar and reminds you in advance.
Personalised Astrology Around Festivals
Festivals are also a good time to look at your kundali — many families plan sankalp, donations or new beginnings around them.
Inside the app you can:
- Generate your personal Vedic kundali
- Talk to a Jyotisha for guidance around career, relationships or health
- Run kundali matching before fixing a marriage during the festival season
All of this is available inside the Dharmayana app — no fixed schedule, use it whenever you need it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Padmini Ekadashi?
Padmini Ekadashi falls only in Adhik Maas — the leap lunar month that comes around once in roughly three years — making it the rarest Ekadashi on the calendar. Observed in the Shukla Paksha of this 'extra' month dedicated to Vishnu as Purushottam, it is kept with a daytime fast and a night-long vigil.
Why is Padmini Ekadashi observed?
The Padma Purana account, retold by Krishna to Arjuna, traces this vrat to queen Pramada, who was childless and was guided by sage Anasuya to fast through the rare Adhik Maas Ekadashi. Vishnu, pleased, granted her a son — Kartavirya Arjuna, who became invincible to everyone but Hari himself and later imprisoned even Ravana. Ravana, on the advice of sage Pulastya, then kept this same fast to win his freedom. The ritual begins on Dashami, when devotees give up lentils, honey and leafy greens and avoid bronze vessels. On Ekadashi a grain-filled clay or copper pot, capped with a metal vessel holding the Vishnu icon, is worshipped, followed by a night of singing and jagaran. The fast is broken next morning within Dwadashi, after the first quarter (Hari Vasara) ends.
What are the other names for Padmini Ekadashi?
Padmini Ekadashi is also known as Kamala Ekadashi.
Which prarthanas are recited on Padmini Ekadashi?
Vishnu Shodasa Nama Stotram, Dwadashakshara Mantra and Vishnu Shanthakaram Mantra are recited on Padmini Ekadashi. You can listen to them with audio on this page.
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