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Prabodhini Ekadashi · Chaturmas Vrat ends (Ramanandi)

Bhagavan Vishnu / Sri Ram awakening from Yoga-nidra

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Prabodhini Ekadashi — also called Devotthana Ekadashi — Kartik Shukla 11. The day Bhagavan Vishnu / Sri Ram awakens from the four-month Chaturmas Yoga-nidra. The wedding season immediately reopens (Tulsi Vivah is performed the next day, Kartik Shukla Dwadashi). All four-month vrats and food restrictions are formally concluded with sankalpa-mochan.

Dates 2026–2027

November 20, 2026November 10, 2027

Mantra

उत्तिष्ठ उत्तिष्ठ गोविन्द त्यजनिद्रां जगत्पते · त्वयि सुप्ते जगत्सर्वं उत्थिते चेष्टते सर्व

Uttishtha Uttishtha Govinda · Tyaja-nidram Jagatpate · Tvayi Supte Jagat Sarvam Utthite Cheshtate Sarva

Awake, awake O Govinda (Sri Ram), Lord of the universe — abandon your sleep. When you sleep the whole world sleeps; when you awaken, all activity resumes.

How to recite

Observe the standard Ekadashi fast — sankalpa, no grains, Sita-Ram naam, jagaran. At the time of the Brahma-muhurta on Dwadashi morning, perform the awakening-arati of Sri Ram with the Uttishtha-Govinda mantra — formally awakening Bhagavan from his four-month Yoga-nidra. Break the fast and the Chaturmas vrat together with tulsi-charanamrita, kshira (milk-rice), and a piece of sugarcane.

Benefits

Prabodhini Ekadashi — Kartik Shukla 11 — is the day Bhagavan Vishnu (Sri Ram) awakens from his four-month cosmic sleep. The auspicious wedding season resumes immediately afterward (Tulsi Vivah is performed the very next day). For Ramanandis, this is the day Chaturmas tapasya formally concludes and the joyful daiva-karya season of the year reopens.

✦ Special Note

Ramanandi sadhus end their chaturmas-sthal residency today and resume travel from tomorrow onward. The night is filled with continuous Sita-Ram naam-sankirtan and the awakening-aratis at every Ram mandir from Ayodhya to Chitrakoot. Dates per the standard Vikram Samvat Panchang (Purnimanta system — month boundary at Purnima), Ayodhya/Varanasi convention; same underlying calendar as Hindu general, Purnimanta month naming.

Foods Allowed

Standard Ekadashi phalahar — fruits, milk, panchamrit, sabudana, kuttu, singhara, rajgiraAwakening bhog: tulsi-charanamrita, milk-rice (kshira), and sugarcaneSendha namak only — never regular saltAfter Chaturmas-paaran on Dwadashi: all four-month food restrictions are formally lifted (sankalpa-mochan)

Foods to Avoid

All grains on the Ekadashi day itselfOnion, garlic, brinjal — alwaysMeat, fish, eggs, alcohol

Meal Idea

Standard Ekadashi phalahar through the day; tulsi-charanamrita, kshira, and sugarcane to break the fast on Dwadashi morning; full satvik feast in the evening to celebrate Chaturmas-paaran.

🪔 Aarti

Shri Ram Lalla

Aarti Kije Shri Ramlala Ki

आरती कीजे श्रीरामलला की । पूर्ण निपुण धनुर्वेद कला की ॥ धनुष वाण कर सोहत नीके । शोभा कोटि मदन मद फीके ॥ सुभग सिंहासन आप बिराजैं । वाम भाग वैदेही राजैं ॥ कर जोरे रिपुहन हनुमाना । भरत लखन सेवत बिधि नाना ॥ शिव अज नारद गुन गन गावैं । निगम नेति कह पार न पावैं ॥ नाम प्रभाव सकल जग जानैं । शेष महेश गनेस बखानैं ॥ भगत कामतरु पूरणकामा । दया क्षमा करुना गुन धामा ॥ सुग्रीवहुँ को कपिपति कीन्हा । राज विभीषन को प्रभु दीन्हा ॥ खेल खेल महु सिंधु बंधाये । लोक सकल अनुपम यश छाये ॥ दुर्गम गढ़ लंकापति मारे । सुर नर मुनि सबके भय टारे ॥ देवन थापि सुजस विस्तारे । कोटिक दीन मलीन उधारे ॥ कपि केवट खग निसिचर केरे । करि करुना दुःख दोष निवेरे ॥ देत सदा दासन्ह को माना । जगतपूज्य भे कपि हनुमाना ॥ आरत दीन सदा सत्कारे । तिहुंपुर होत राम जयकारे ॥

Lord Vishnu

Om Jai Jagdish Hare

ॐ जय जगदीश हरे, स्वामी जय जगदीश हरे । भक्त जनों के संकट, दास जनों के संकट, क्षण में दूर करे ॥ जो ध्यावे फल पावे, दुःख बिनसे मन का । सुख सम्पत्ति घर आवे, कष्ट मिटे तन का ॥ मात-पिता तुम मेरे, शरण गहूं मैं किसकी । तुम बिन और न दूजा, आस करूं मैं जिसकी ॥ तुम पूरन परमात्मा, तुम अंतर्यामी । पारब्रह्म परमेश्वर, तुम सबके स्वामी ॥ तुम करुणा के सागर, तुम पालनकर्ता । मैं सेवक तुम स्वामी, कृपा करो भर्ता ॥ तुम हो एक अगोचर, सबके प्राणपति । किस विधि मिलूं दयामय, तुमको मैं कुमति ॥ दीनबंधु दुःखहर्ता, ठाकुर तुम मेरे । अपने हाथ उठाओ, अपनी शरण में लाओ ॥ विषय विकार मिटाओ, पाप हरो देवा । श्रद्धा भक्ति बढ़ाओ, संतन की सेवा ॥

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