2026 Kamika Ekadashi
09 Aug, 2026
Sunday
2026 Kamika Ekadashi on
(09-08-2026)
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Parana Time: 05:25 to 08:00 AM, 10 August 2026, Monday
Introduction to Kamika Ekadashi
There are total 26 Ekadashi in a year. Each Ekadashi has its own significance. Among them Kamika Ekadashi is one which is unique.
Shri Krishna says, Oh Yudhishthir! I am telling you the significance of each Ekadashi. Today I am narrating this Kamika Ekadashi Vrat Katha to you.
Once Brahma himself had told Devarshi Narad, I am telling you the same. Naradji had asked Brahmaji that Oh Grandfather! What is the method and significance of Ekadashi of Krishna Paksha of Shravan Month which is famous by the name of “Kamika Ekadashi”, please tell us.
Significance of Kamika Ekadashi
Then Brahma told to Narad, that the significance of lighting lamps and staying awake on the night of Kamika Ekadashi (कामिका एकादशी) is so great that you cannot even imagine. Even Chitragupt could not imagine it.
Those who light a lamp in the temple of God on the night of this Kamika Ekadashi, their ancestors drink nectar in heaven and those who light a lamp of ghee or oil, they go to the Sun world illuminated by a hundred crore lamps.
Who Should do This Ekadashi Fast?
- After that Lord Brahma says that, Oh Narada! If a person should observe the fast of this Kamika Ekadashi with great care as it destroys sins like “Brahma Hatya” and foeticide. A person who listens and reads the significance of the fast of Kamika Ekadashi with devotion gets freed from all sins and goes to “Vishnu Loka”.
- By worshipping “Lord Vishnu”, a man gets everything that he cannot even imagine.
Benefits of Kamika Ekadashi Vrat
- The benefits that one gets by bathing in the Ganges, Kashi, Naimisharanya (नैमिषारण्य) and Pushkar can be obtained by worshipping Lord Vishnu.
- You will get the benefits which is more than obtained by bathing in Kurukshetra and Kashi during solar and lunar eclipse, by donating the earth including the sea and forest, by bathing in Kumbh Mela, Godavari and Gandak rivers during Jupiter in Leo, is obtained by worshipping Lord Vishnu.
- Those people who worship God in Shravan, their gods, Gandharva and Surya etc. all get worshipped. Therefore, those who are afraid of sins should observe Kamika Ekadashi fast and worship Lord Vishnu. Fasting on this Ekadashi and worshipping Lord Vishnu is extremely necessary for those who are stuck in the mud of sins and are drowning in the ocean of the world. There is no better way than this to destroy sins.
- Lord Brahma says, Oh Narada! God himself has said that by observing Kamika Ekadashi fast, a person does not get a bad birth. Those people who offer Tulsi leaves to Lord Vishnu with devotion on this Ekadashi day, they remain away from all the sins of this world. Lord Vishnu is not as pleased with gems, pearls, gems and jewellery as he is with Tulsi Dal.
When Kamika Ekadashi in 2026?
Kamika Ekadashi basically falls on the date of 09, August 2026, Sunday.
