Aja Ekadashi as it falls in 2032.
Next date: 28 August 2027Aja Ekadashi 2032
Tuesday, 31 August 2032, in Ahmedabad
EkadashiGujarati · Hindu
Annada Ekadashi
Panchang on the day
31
Tuesday
Waning Eleventh
until 17:03
Gemini
- કKa
- છChha
- ઘGha
- Sunrise
- 06:20
- Sunset
- 18:58
- Moonrise
- 02:25
- Nakshatra
- Punarvasu
- until 07:05 next day
- Yoga
- Vyatipata
- until 04:14 next day
- Karana
- Balava
- until 17:03
- Rahu Kalam 15:49 to 17:24
- Yamaganda 09:30 to 11:04
- Abhijit muhurat 12:14 to 13:05
Why this date
Shravan Waning Eleventh, taken at sunrise
Runs from 30 Aug 15:15 IST to 31 Aug 17:03 IST.
In short
Ekadashi associated with King Harishchandra and Vishnu worship.
The story
Aja Ekadashi, also called Annada Ekadashi in some traditions, is associated with the ordeal of King Harishchandra. In the celebrated religious narrative, the king is tested in his commitment to truth. After losing his kingdom and wealth, he must part from his wife Shaivya, also called Taramati, and their son Rohitashva. He is reduced to serving at a cremation ground and collecting the prescribed fee, even though his own life has been devastated. The most painful episode occurs when his wife brings their son's body to the ground after a snakebite. Harishchandra, bound by duty, initially insists on the required fee despite recognizing his family. The episode dramatizes the extreme conflict between obligation, love and truth.
In the Aja Ekadashi vrat-katha, Sage Gautama meets the distressed king and advises worship of Vishnu and observance of the Ekadashi vow. The king follows it with faith and discipline. The story concludes with divine intervention: his son lives again, the family is reunited, and Harishchandra's honour and royal standing are restored. Details differ among the Harishchandra legends and vrat-katha retellings; they are devotional accounts, not verified royal biography.
Devotees remember the story through Vishnu worship, prayer and fasting suited to their health. The same lunar fortnight is called Shravan Krishna in Gujarati amanta reckoning and Bhadrapada Krishna in many northern purnimanta calendars. Smarta and Vaishnava fasting dates and the following Dwadashi parana window require local calculation.
Why it matters
Aja Ekadashi teaches truthfulness and perseverance through Harishchandra's traditional story.
What people do
Vishnu worship, prayers and fasting according to health and family tradition. Dwadashi parana must follow the local prescribed window.
Fasting
The ordinary fast, in the last fortnight of Shravan when many are already fasting on Mondays. Aja means unborn, and the merit is said to reach back rather than forward.
Told differently elsewhere
Gujarati amanta Shravan Krishna corresponds to northern purnimanta Bhadrapada Krishna.
Questions people ask
- When is Aja Ekadashi in 2032?
- On Tuesday, 31 August 2032 in India. Runs from 30 Aug 15:15 IST to 31 Aug 17:03 IST.
- Why does the date change every year?
- It is kept by the lunar calendar, so its day on the civil calendar moves from year to year.
- Is the date the same everywhere?
- Usually. Where sunrise falls at a different moment the day can differ by one, and the dates here are worked out for India.
