Param 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 Param Ekadashi?
Parama Ekadashi is one of only two Ekadashis that exist solely because of the Hindu leap month — Adhika Masa, dedicated to Vishnu as Purushottama. It falls in that month's waning fortnight and comes around just once every three years or so, marked above all as a fast against poverty.
Why is Param Ekadashi observed?
The vrat katha is told by Krishna to Arjuna. In the city of Kampilya lived a Brahmin named Sumedha, pious but desperately poor; his equally devoted wife was counselled by Sage Kaundinya to keep the Parama Ekadashi fast. Wealth and grain followed, and the story names two more beneficiaries — Shiva, who through this vrat gained the power to appoint Kubera lord of riches, and King Harishchandra, who recovered his lost son, wife and kingdom. Kaundinya also prescribes a harder option called the Pancharatri Vrat: a waterless fast kept for five days starting on Parama Ekadashi morning. Its companion is Padmini Ekadashi in the same month's bright fortnight; together they are the two extra Ekadashis that take the year's count from 24 to 26.
What are the other names for Param Ekadashi?
Param Ekadashi is also known as Adhika Masa Ekadashi.
Which prarthanas are recited on Param Ekadashi?
Vishnu Shodasa Nama Stotram, Dwadashakshara Mantra and Vishnu Shanthakaram Mantra are recited on Param Ekadashi. You can listen to them with audio on this page.
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