कामिका एकादशी (Kamika Ekadashi)

When is Kamika Ekadashi?

Shravana Krishna Ekadashi in the North Indian calendar. The stored New Delhi Smarta and Vaishnava dates differ; use your own location and tradition's panchang for observance and parana.

उत्तर भारतीय कैलेंडर की श्रावण कृष्ण एकादशी। संचित नई दिल्ली स्मार्त और वैष्णव तिथियाँ अलग हैं; व्रत और पारण के लिए अपने स्थान और परंपरा का पंचांग देखें।

• Thursday, 29 July 2027 (New Delhi reference · Smarta tradition)
  Other date: Friday, 30 July 2027 — Vaishnava.
  Checked 2026-09-29 against: Drik Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi · Prokerala — Kamika Ekadashi 2027, New Delhi · AstroSage Panchang — 2027 Ekadashi dates, New Delhi

Dates can differ by a day in other places and traditions. For your city, check a local panchang or your temple calendar.

What to read

• ॐ जय जगदीश हरे (आरती) (Om Jai Jagdish Hare)
• श्री विष्ण्वष्टोत्तर शतनामावलिः (Vishnu Ashtottara Shatanamavali — 108 Names)
• श्री विष्णु सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम् (Shri Vishnu Sahasranamam)

Puja outline

1. Check the date for your tradition: the stored New Delhi references differ by a day. Do not infer a universal date or parana window from the main date card.
   अपनी परंपरा की तिथि देखें: संचित नई दिल्ली तिथियों में एक दिन का अंतर है। मुख्य तिथि-कार्ड से सभी के लिए एक ही दिन या पारण समय न मानें।
2. Choose prayer with or without fasting according to your health needs and medical advice. No waterless fast or overnight vigil is required here.
   स्वास्थ्य-ज़रूरत और चिकित्सकीय सलाह के अनुसार उपवास के साथ या बिना उपवास प्रार्थना चुनें। यहाँ निर्जल व्रत या रातभर जागना अनिवार्य नहीं है।
3. Clean the prayer space and use an existing Vishnu or Krishna image if you wish; no purchase is required.
   पूजा-स्थान साफ करें और चाहें तो विष्णु या कृष्ण का उपलब्ध चित्र रखें; खरीदारी आवश्यक नहीं है।
4. Offer available flowers or tulsi as a household custom, without treating any material as compulsory or medicinal.
   घरेलू परंपरा के रूप में उपलब्ध फूल या तुलसी अर्पित करें; किसी सामग्री को अनिवार्य या औषधि न मानें।
5. Read one complete Vishnu prayer. The three linked readers are optional choices, not a required sequence or exact Kamika ritual formula.
   विष्णु का कोई एक पूर्ण पाठ पढ़ें। तीन दिए गए पाठ वैकल्पिक चुनाव हैं, अनिवार्य क्रम या कामिका-व्रत का निश्चित कर्मकांड मंत्र नहीं।
6. If lighting a diya, keep it attended and extinguish it safely before leaving or sleeping. The source's day-and-night lamp praise is not an instruction to leave a flame burning.
   दीपक जलाएँ तो निगरानी रखें और जाने या सोने से पहले सुरक्षित रूप से बुझाएँ। स्रोत में दिन-रात दीपक की प्रशंसा ज्वाला को बिना निगरानी जलता छोड़ने का निर्देश नहीं है।

A simple household outline. Customs differ by family, region and tradition; follow your own tradition or priest where it differs.

Which date should I follow?

The stored New Delhi reference names 29 July 2027 for Smarta and 30 July for Vaishnava observance. These are tradition-labelled alternatives, not two mandatory fasts. Elsewhere the date can differ by a day; check your own panchang. This page gives no puja or parana clock time.

What chapter 54 actually contains

Krishna answers Yudhishthira by recounting Brahma's response to Narada. The chapter praises Vishnu worship, tulsi offerings and lamps through devotional-merit comparisons. It is a discourse on the observance's greatness, not a household protagonist's story. This original brief overview does not reproduce the chapter or claim a complete katha reader.

A wording difference in the inspected witnesses

The online Sanskrit witness's opening verse says the bright fortnight, while its verses 3 and 5 and closing chapter title identify the dark fortnight. The English witness renders the opening as dark. This difference is disclosed without silently editing either witness. The hub follows the stored Shravana Krishna calendar scope; the wording is not used to invent a second bright-fortnight Kamika date or to replace Devshayani.

Tulsi, lamps and bounded claims

The source praises tulsi, vigils, lamps and religious merit. Its disease-removal, liberation and ancestral-reward language belongs to its sacred framework, not a medical, protection or guaranteed-afterlife claim. No ritual substitutes for medical care or accountability for harm. Tulsi is optional here; no purchase, donation scale, vigil or unattended lamp is prescribed.

What was freshly checked

The date record retains its 29 September 2026 Drik Panchang, Prokerala and AstroSage evidence, including the Drik-supported Vaishnava alternate. AstroSage's year-specific New Delhi page was freshly inspected on 3 October and corroborates 29 July. It does not independently verify the 30 July alternate or constitute a fresh two-source recheck. Neither source timestamp nor calendar date has been changed.

Frequently asked questions

Is Kamika Ekadashi on 29 or 30 July 2027?

The stored New Delhi references show 29 July for Smarta and 30 July for Vaishnava observance. Follow your own tradition and location's panchang; the page does not ask you to keep both.

Is the complete Kamika Ekadashi katha available here?

Not yet. This hub gives an original short overview of Padma Purana chapter 54's Brahma–Narada discourse. A complete reader needs its own reusable edition, full boundary and textual checks, including the disclosed fortnight wording difference.

Must a Kamika lamp burn all night?

Not on this page. Keep any flame attended and extinguish it safely before leaving or sleeping. Devotional praise of day-and-night lamps is not permission for an unattended flame.

Are tulsi offerings a treatment for illness?

No medical benefit is claimed here. The chapter's disease-removal language is devotional praise; prayer and offerings must not replace medical care.

What can I read without fasting?

Om Jai Jagdish Hare, the selected Vishnu 108-name reader or Vishnu Sahasranamam are complete optional choices. No fast or three-text sequence is required by this hub.