🪷 Śukla Ekādaśī
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this tithi IS Krishna
The 15-tithi Sun-Moon angular cycle is Krishna's lunar darśana · each tithi is one of the 15 cosmic doors through which the soul descends or ascends (see Lagna-Tithi-Loka). On Śukla Ekādaśī, the door is open to the loka governed by Viṣṇu — and Krishna IS that presiding-deity (BG 9.23: "whoever worships any deity with faith, that faith is My arrangement").
Tithi #11 of 30 · Śukla-pakṣa · presiding-deity: Viṣṇu
Today (2026-06-03) is Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā — not this tithi. Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta.
🪷 Krishna-Vrata · The Ekādaśī-day
Ekādaśī is the supreme Vaiṣṇava-vrata · the 11th tithi of every pakṣa is observed as a fast-for-Krishna's-pleasure. BG 9.27 yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi · "whatever you eat · do as offering to Me." Skipping a meal IS the offering. 24 Ekādaśīs a year (occasionally 26) · the Padma-Purāṇa names each with its specific merit.
— BG 9.27 · "yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam"
Classical attributes
| Tithi-number | #11 of 30 |
|---|---|
| Pakṣa | Śukla (waxing/waning) |
| Presiding deity | Viṣṇu |
| Quality | Highest-bhakti · upavāsa-day |
| BG-aspect | BG 10.21 + BG 9.22 — yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham |
| Auspiciousness | ✓ auspicious |
Significant festivals on this tithi
- Mokṣadā Ekādaśī (Gītā Jayantī)
- Vaikuṇṭha Ekādaśī
Cross-references
- Today's day-page · full pañcāṅga
- Krishna-as-Paramaatma · BG 7
- Viśvarūpa-Kāla · time as Krishna's body
- Cosmic-Time · BG 8
📚 See Also
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia of grahas · rāśis · nakshatras · tithis · karaṇas
- Cosmic-Time · BG 8 Akṣara-Brahma · Kalpa · Manvantara · Yuga framework
- Viśvarūpa-Kāla · BG 10.30 + 11.32 · Krishna IS Time (kālaḥ kalayatām aham)
- Today's day-page · 2026-06-03 · Full pañcāṅga with this tithi active or upcoming
- Birth-Chart Calculator · See what tithi YOU were born under
📖 References
- Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra · Tithi-Adhyāya — Classical authority on tithi attributes · deity assignments · auspiciousness
- Muhūrta-Cintāmaṇi · tithi-classification for muhūrta — The treatise governing which tithis are auspicious for which rites
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · Sun-Moon angular-separation computation (~500 CE) — The astronomical source for tithi-as-Sun-Moon-angle calculation