Pausha Putrada Ekadashi — 19 January 2027
Pausha maas ke Shukla paksha ki Ekadashi. Neeche is din ka vrat-muhurat, katha, vidhi aur upay diye gaye hain.
Samay Delhi (Asia/Kolkata, IST) ke anusaar. Aapke sheher ka samay thoda alag ho sakta hai.
- Vrat ki tithi
- 19 January 2027, Tuesday
- Ekadashi tithi
- 2027-01-18 10:27 am se 2027-01-19 7:49 am tak (IST)
- Parana (vrat kholne ka samay)
- 2027-01-20 ko 7:14 am se 7:14 am tak (IST)
- Chandra maas
- Pausha Shukla paksha
- Parana note
- Dwadashi tithi suryaoday se pehle samapt ho chuki thi; suryaoday ke saath hi parana karein.
Vrat Katha — Raja Suketuman ko putra-praapti
Bhadravati nagri ke Raja Suketuman dharmatma the, par unke koi santaan na thi. Rani Shaibya ke saath ve din-raat isi chinta mein rehte — vansh kaise aage badhega. Ek baar ve shikaar ke liye van mein gaye aur bhatak kar ek aashram pahunch gaye, jahan kuch rishi Vishnu-bhajan mein leen the. Raja ne apna dukh sunaaya. Rishiyon ne kaha — Pausha maas ke Shukla paksha ki Ekadashi, jo Putrada ke naam se jaani jaati hai, ka vrat karo; Bhagwan Vishnu santaan ki kaamna poorn karte hain. Raja-rani dono ne vidhi se vrat rakha, raat bhar jagaran kiya, aur Dwadashi ko parana ke baad brahmanon ko bhojan karaaya. Kuch maah baad Rani Shaibya ne ek tejswi putra ko janm diya, jo bada hokar praja-paalak raja bana. Tab se santaan ki ichchha rakhne wale dampati is Ekadashi ka vrat vishesh shraddha se karte hain. Rishiyon ne unhe poori vidhi bataayi thi — Dashami ko ek samay saattvik bhojan, Ekadashi ko vrat aur raatri mein Hari-keertan, phir Dwadashi ko brahmanon ko bhojan karaakar parana. Kahte hain jis dampati ne shraddha se yeh vrat kiya, unhe gunvaan, aagyakaari aur yashasvi santaan ki praapti hui.
Vrat Vidhi
- 1
Dashami ki shaam se taiyaari shuru karein — halka sattvik bhojan lein, aur suryast ke baad anna na khaayein.
- 2
Ekadashi ko subah jaldi uthkar snaan karein aur vrat ka sankalp lein — nirjala, phalahar ya ek samay bhojan, apni shakti ke anusaar.
- 3
Bhagwan Vishnu ki pooja karein — Tulsi-dal, peele phool, deep aur dhoop se; naivedya mein anna ka prayog na karein.
- 4
Din bhar Vishnu ke naam ka jaap karein — 'Om Namo Bhagwate Vasudevaya' ya Vishnu Sahasranam ka paath karein.
- 5
Vrat-katha sunein ya padhein — katha ke bina vrat adhura maana gaya hai.
- 6
Raat mein jagaran karein — bhajan-keertan mein raat bitaana vishesh punya deta hai; ashakt hon to jaldi so sakte hain.
- 7
Dwadashi ki subah snaan-pooja ke baad parana-muhurat mein vrat kholein — parana hamesha Dwadashi ko suryodaya ke baad aur diye gaye samay ke andar karein.
- 8
Parana ke baad brahman ya zarooratmand ko bhojan karaayein aur yathashakti daan dein.
Is Ekadashi ke vishesh upay
Upay 1
Dampati dono milkar vrat ka sankalp lein — sanyukt sankalp ka vishesh mahatva hai.
Upay 2
Baal Gopal (Laddu Gopal) ko makhan-mishri ka bhog lagayein.
Upay 3
Kisi zarooratmand bachche ki padhaai ya bhojan mein madad karein.
Aksar poochhe jaane wale sawaal
Ekadashi vrat mein kya kha sakte hain aur kya nahi?
Paramparik niyam ke anusaar Ekadashi ko anna (gehuun, chawal, daal, besan aadi) nahi khaaya jaata. Phal, doodh, meva, sabudana, kuttu aur sendha namak se bana bhojan liya ja sakta hai. Jo poorn upvaas na kar sakein, ve ek samay phalahar lekar bhi vrat rakh sakte hain — shraddha mukhya hai.
Parana kab karna chahiye?
Parana hamesha Dwadashi tithi ko suryodaya ke baad kiya jaata hai. Har Ekadashi page par aapke sheher (Dilli ke samay) ke anusaar parana ka sahi samay diya gaya hai — usee samay-seema ke andar vrat kholein. Dwadashi se pehle parana nahi karna chahiye.
Ekadashi ka vrat bachche, buzurg ya beemar vyakti rakh sakte hain?
Haan, par apni shakti ke anusaar. Bachchon, buzurgon, garbhavati mahilaon aur beemar vyaktiyon ke liye nirjala ya kathor upvaas zaroori nahi — ve phal-doodh par vrat rakh sakte hain ya keval pooja-katha karke bhi vrat ka punya pa sakte hain.
Smarta aur Vaishnav Ekadashi mein antar kya hai?
Jab Ekadashi tithi do din padti hai to pehle din Smarta (grihasth) aur doosre din Vaishnav (sanyasi, math-mandir parampara) vrat rakha jaata hai. Is site par di gayi tithi aam grihasth parampara ke anusaar hai; math-mandir se jude bhakt apne guru-parampara ka niyam follow karein.
Kya Ekadashi ko chawal khana varjit hai?
Haan, parampara ke anusaar Ekadashi ko chawal nahi khaaya jaata — chawal anna mein gina jaata hai. Kathaon mein kaha gaya hai ki Ekadashi ko anna mein paap ka vaas hota hai, isliye is din anna-tyaag ka niyam hai.