Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026देवउठनी एकादशी
Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026 is on Friday, November 20, 2026. Vishnu wakes, Chaturmas ends and the wedding season opens; the vrat, the waking ritual and Tulsi Vivah that follows.
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The story of Dev Uthani Ekadashi
On Devshayani Ekadashi in Ashadha, Vishnu goes to sleep on Shesha in the ocean of milk, and the four months of Chaturmas begin: the monsoon, when sadhus stop travelling and stay in one place, when weddings and griha pravesh are set aside, and when the year turns inward. On the Ekadashi of the bright fortnight of Kartika he wakes. That is Dev Uthani, also called Prabodhini and Devutthana Ekadashi, and the household wakes him: the courtyard is drawn with rangoli, a conch is blown, and everyone calls out uthiye Deva, baithiye Deva.
With that waking the auspicious season returns. The wedding season opens on this day and runs through the winter, Tulsi Vivah follows immediately, and the four months of restraint end. It is one of the very few days in the calendar whose whole meaning is a beginning that had to be waited for.
How Dev Uthani Ekadashi is celebrated
| Waking the lord | at dusk the courtyard is cleaned and drawn with rangoli, a conch and bell are sounded, and Vishnu is called to wake. |
| The vrat | an Ekadashi fast without grains, broken at the parana next morning; many keep the whole night in bhajan. |
| Sugarcane and seasonal fruit | sugarcane, singhara, amla and ber, the first of the season, are offered before anyone eats them. |
| Tulsi | the tulsi is decorated for the Tulsi Vivah that follows in the next day or two. |
The North calls it Dev Uthani or Devotthan Gyaras and treats it as the day the wedding season opens; Maharashtra and Karnataka keep it as Prabodhini Ekadashi with the Pandharpur yatra; and Braj keeps it alongside the Kartik snan that ends the same week.
Dev Uthani Ekadashi checklist: what to arrange in advance
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Frequently asked questions
When is Dev Uthani Ekadashi in 2026?
Dev Uthani Ekadashi is on Friday, November 20, 2026, with Tulsi Vivah following on November 21, 2026.
Does the wedding season begin on this day?
Yes. Chaturmas ends when Vishnu wakes, so weddings, griha pravesh, mundan and other samskaras resume from this day, and the winter wedding season runs on from here.
What is Chaturmas?
The four months from Devshayani Ekadashi in Ashadha to this Ekadashi in Kartika, when Vishnu is said to sleep. Sadhus stay in one place, auspicious ceremonies are set aside, and many keep additional vows through it.
How is the vrat kept?
As an Ekadashi vrat without grains or beans, with Vishnu puja, tulsi and the evening waking ritual, and the parana the next morning in the correct window. See the Ekadashi dates page for every Ekadashi of the year.
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