January
Shattila Ekadashi
शट्तिला एकादशी
14 January 2026
About this festival
Eleventh lunar day sacred for Vishnu worship and fasting
विष्णु की पूजा और व्रत के लिए पवित्र एकादशी
Key significance
- Fasting
- Lord Vishnu worship
- charity of sesame seeds
How to observe
- Begin the day with sankalp and short prayer.
- Include: Fasting.
- Include: Lord Vishnu worship.
- Include: charity of sesame seeds.
- Conclude with gratitude, prasad, and positive resolve.
January guidance
Discipline, new-year sankalp, and seasonal purification.
- Morning snan and simple prayer
- Sattvic meals and restraint
- Dana and gratitude in family