Nirjala Ekadashi 2022
The waterless fast — hardest and most meritorious of the 24 Ekadashis.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:07
- Sunset18:48
- Fasting window (tithi)2022-06-10 · 07:24 → 05:43
- Parana (tithi ends)05:43
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Nirjala Ekadashi puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaNirjala Ekadashi — Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Nirjala Ekadashi kept without water?
It falls in Jyeshtha, the hottest month, and giving up water when the body most needs it is the offering. Keeping this one waterless fast is said to give the merit of all twenty-four Ekadashis of the year.
Why is it called Bhima Ekadashi?
Because the sage Vyasa told Bhima, who could not fast on every Ekadashi, that he could keep this single day in place of them all — so it also carries his name, Bhimseni or Bhima Ekadashi.
When is the fast broken?
At dawn the next day, within the Dwadashi parana window, after a bath and dana. The parana should not be delayed past the window; the exact time depends on the tithi's end.
Other major festivals in 2022
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2022
- Vasant Panchami — 5 February 2022
- Maha Shivaratri — 1 March 2022
- Holika Dahan — 17 March 2022
- Holi — 19 March 2022
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 2 April 2022
- Ram Navami — 10 April 2022
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 2022
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 1 July 2022
- Guru Purnima — 13 July 2022
- Nag Panchami — 2 August 2022
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 2022
- Krishna Janmashtami — 18 August 2022
- Hartalika Teej — 30 August 2022
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 31 August 2022
- Anant Chaturdashi — 9 September 2022
- Pitru Paksha begins — 11 September 2022
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 2022
- Durga Ashtami — 3 October 2022
- Maha Navami — 4 October 2022
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 4 October 2022
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 2022
- Dhanteras — 22 October 2022
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 24 October 2022
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 2022
- Govardhan Puja — 26 October 2022
- Bhai Dooj — 27 October 2022
- Chhath Puja — 30 October 2022
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 8 November 2022
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 8 November 2022
- Hindu Festivals 2022 →