Devshayani Ekadashi 2025: Date, Rituals, Significance & Chaturmas

Devshayani Ekadashi, also known as Ashadi Ekadashi, Padma Ekadashi, Hari Shayani Ekadashi or simply देवशयनी एकादशी, marks a pivotal moment in the Hindu calendar. In 2025, Devshayani Ekadashi falls on Sunday, 6 July. This auspicious day signals the beginning of Chaturmas, the four-month spiritual period when Lord Vishnu enters a divine slumber. It is a day of deep reflection, abstinence, and reverence—transforming mundane routines into spiritual discipline. In Maharashtra, it’s celebrated with the grand Pandharpur Wari (Dindi Yatra), a pilgrimage that draws lakhs of Warkaris chanting Marathi abhangas in devotion to Lord Vitthal.

Devshayani Ekadashi Date & Time

Devshayani Ekadashi 2025 Date (Dev Shayani Ekadashi Kab Hai)- 

• Date: Sunday, 6 July 2025
• Ekadashi Tithi Begins: 5 July 2025, ~6:58 PM IST
• Ekadashi Tithi Ends: 6 July 2025, ~9:14 PM IST
• Parana (fast-breaking): 7 July 2025, 6:00 AM–8:48 AM IST (most sources place it between 6:07–8:48 AM)

Dev Shayani Ekadashi, also referred to as Ashadhi Ekadashi 2025, falls within the auspicious month of Ashadha. It follows Yogini Ekadashi (June 21, 2025) and ushers in the monsoon spiritual season.

Importance of Devshayani Ekadashi

1. Beginning of Chaturmas (चतुर्मास)
   Lord Vishnu enters cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) in Kshira Sagara. This marks the onset of four months during which no new marriages, housewarmings, or major rituals are undertaken

2. Spiritual Discipline: With auspicious ceremonies paused, devotees redirect their energies to fasting, prayer, charity, and vedic study—pledging devotion during monsoon’s quieter, introspective months.

3. Cultural Rites: The Pandharpur Wari and Dindi Yatra in Maharashtra commemorate this day with mass pilgrimages, chanting abhangas and demonstrating unwavering faith in Lord Vitthal

4. Cosmic Symbolism: Vishnu’s slumber is a cosmic lull, heralding a time for renewal. Observing vows or the Devshayani ekadashi vrat during this time is believed to bring blessings, divine protection, and spiritual clarity.

Devshayani Ekadashi Stops All Kind of Auspicious Work

As per the Bhavishya Purana and Padma Puranas, from Devshayani Ekadashi until Prabodhini Ekadashi (October/November), good news is deferred. No marriages, housewarmings, or new business ventures—these are considered inauspicious during this divine slumber period.

Devshayani Ekadashi Vrat Katha

Legend centers on King Mandhata, who endured a three-year drought. His kingdom was starving. Taking advice from sage Angiras, he observed the Devashayani Ekadashi vrata. Miraculously, rain followed, and prosperity returned—testament to Lord Vishnu’s benevolence for sincere devotion.

Another tale from Bhavishyottara Purana recounts that when Lord Vishnu enters yoga sleep on this day, His magic falls dormant—consequently blessings for new cycles are put on hold, symbolizing suspension of worldly rituals.

Benefits of Devshayani Ekadashi Vrat

• Spiritual Merit: Fasting on Devshayani Ekadashi is said to yield immense punya (merit).

• Liberation & Cleansing: Vishnu’s grace purifies the mind and soul. It’s believed to help attain moksha and remove karmic burden

• Material & Marital Blessings: Some traditions suggest that vows taken during Chaturmas can be tied to material prosperity or even favorable marriage alliance

• Inner Transformation: Practicing discipline through fasting brings clarity, self-control, and focus

Devshayani Ekadashi Fasting Rules (व्रत नियम)

• Sankalp (Resolution): Declare your fasting intention the evening before.

• Pre-dawn rituals: Wake early, bathe, clean the worship area, and invoke Lord Vishnu–Lakshmi photos or idols.

• Mantra & Puja: Chant Vishnu Sahasranama, recite the Devshayani Ekadashi Vrat Katha, and worship with yellow/floral offerings

• Fasting options: Nirjala (water-only), Phalahar (fruits/sattvic) and Ksheerbhoji/Naktabhoji (milk-based or single-meal) 

• Avoid grains, beans, onion, garlic.

• Parana (evening): Fast ends during Dwadashi’s Hari Vasara or Pratahkal, avoiding midday

• Donate: Offer yellow fabrics, turmeric, fruits, sweets, pulses, and alms to Brahmins and the needy 

Why Is It Considered the Most Important?

Shayani Ekadashi (Devshayani Ekadashi) is often called Maha-Ekadashi—the greatest of them all—categorically because it initiates Chaturmas, and Vishnu’s cosmic sleep symbolizes a deep pause in the universe. Breaking or correctly observing this vrat yields blessed effects beyond regular Ekadash.

Mantras of Devshayani Ekadashi

Vishnu Sahasranama: Recite 1000 names of Lord Vishnu for divine grace.

Ekadashi Mantra::

“Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya”

Vrata forgiveness mantra (for inadvertent breaking):
मंत्रहीनं क्रियाहीनं भक्तिहीनं जनार्दन |

यत्पूजितं मया देव परिपूर्ण तदस्तु मे ॥ ॐ श्री विष्णवे नमः ॥