Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026 in the USA: Date, Ekadashi Times, Parana and Tulsi Vivah

Dev Uthani Ekadashi is the day Vishnu wakes from his four-month sleep, Chaturmas ends, and weddings and housewarmings can begin again. In the US and Canada it falls on Friday, November 20, 2026. Here's the tithi in your time zone, when to break the fast, and how Tulsi Vivah fits in.

When is Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026?

• USA and Canada: Friday, November 20, 2026
• India: Friday, November 20, 2026 (Smarta). Many Vaishnava and ISKCON calendars in India keep it on Saturday, November 21.

Dev Uthani (Prabodhini, Devutthana) Ekadashi is Kartika Shukla Ekadashi, the 11th lunar day of the waxing Moon. Computed with the NASA JPL DE421 ephemeris, the engine behind our free Vedic birth chart:

Drik Panchang's New York calendar gives 8:45 PM Nov 19 to 8:01 PM Nov 20, within a minute of ours.

Why the US is clear and India is split. In North America, Ekadashi is running at sunrise on Friday and has ended before Saturday's sunrise, so Friday is the only candidate. In India, Ekadashi starts after Friday's sunrise and ends before Saturday's, so it touches neither sunrise. Smarta households fast on Friday; Vaishnava rules, which avoid an Ekadashi mixed with Dashami, move it to Saturday. If your family in India fasts on Saturday, that is why. In the US, both traditions point to Friday.

Sunrise on Ekadashi and parana (breaking the fast) by city

The fast runs from sunrise on Friday. Parana is on Saturday, November 21, after sunrise, while Dwadashi is still running. In North America Dwadashi lasts until about 6:27 PM Eastern / 3:27 PM Pacific on Saturday, and the first quarter of Dwadashi (Hari Vasara, when you should not break the fast) is over on Friday night, so any time on Saturday morning after sunrise works. The traditional ideal is the morning, so aim for breakfast.

If your temple publishes an exact parana window, follow it; small differences come from local custom.

Tulsi Vivah 2026

Tulsi Vivah, the wedding of Tulsi (Vrinda) to Vishnu as Shaligram or Krishna, is held in the days right after Vishnu wakes. Families differ: some celebrate on the evening of Ekadashi (Friday, November 20), many on Dwadashi (Saturday, November 21), which in North America runs all of Saturday morning and afternoon, and some on any day up to Kartika Purnima. Saturday makes it easy to gather the family this year. Decorate the tulsi plant with a red chunri and bangles, build a small mandap of sugarcane, and offer amla, sweet potato, water chestnut and seasonal fruit.

How to observe Dev Uthani Ekadashi

1. Thursday night: eat a light, grain-free dinner and set the intention (sankalpa).
2. Friday: fast from grains and beans; many keep a phalahar fast (fruit, milk, nuts, sabudana) and the stricter keep a water-only fast. Visit the temple or do Vishnu puja at home.
3. Wake the Lord (evening): draw Vishnu's feet with rice flour or rangoli, place sugarcane, sweet potato, water chestnut and a ghee diya, ring a bell and sing "Utho Dev, baitho Dev" to wake him.
4. Saturday morning: break the fast after sunrise with something simple, then share food.

The astrology of Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026

I calculated the sidereal (Lahiri) positions for Friday morning, November 20, in the US:

• The Moon is in Pisces, in Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra, a deep, steady star ruled by Saturn, in Jupiter's own sign. A very fitting Moon for the day Vishnu rises from the cosmic ocean.
• The Sun has just entered Scorpio (Vrishchika Sankranti was on November 16), the sign of transformation.
• Jupiter and Mars are both in Leo, close together in Magha (a Guru-Mangal combination). Jupiter, the planet of marriage and blessings, is now in its year-long Leo transit, which is why so many people will be asking about wedding dates after Chaturmas. See Jupiter in Leo 2026 by Moon sign.
• Mercury and Venus turned direct on November 13, so contracts, purchases and wedding bookings are no longer under a retrograde cloud (retrograde dates).

My reading: if you've been waiting to fix a wedding date, sign a lease or start something new, the window that opens after Dev Uthani Ekadashi in 2026 is unusually clean. What matters most for your timing is your own 7th house and dasha; see when will I get married and the 7th house in Vedic astrology.

Frequently asked questions

Is Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026 on November 20 or 21 in the USA?

Friday, November 20, 2026. Ekadashi runs at Friday's sunrise everywhere in North America and is over before Saturday's sunrise. Some calendars in India list Saturday, November 21 for Vaishnavas because of how the tithi falls there.

When should I break the Ekadashi fast in the USA?

On Saturday, November 21, after sunrise (about 6:49 AM in New York, 6:47 AM in Chicago, 6:31 AM in Los Angeles, 6:53 AM in the Bay Area), ideally in the morning. Dwadashi lasts until about 6:27 PM Eastern / 3:27 PM Pacific.

When is Tulsi Vivah 2026 in the USA?

Most families hold it on Friday evening, November 20, or on Saturday, November 21 (Dwadashi), and some continue until Kartika Purnima. Follow your family's custom.

Do weddings start after Dev Uthani Ekadashi?

Yes. Chaturmas ends with Dev Uthani Ekadashi, and the Hindu wedding season reopens. A specific muhurat still depends on the couple's charts.

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Four days later comes Kartik Purnima 2026 in the USA, when Bhishma Panchaka and the Tulsi Vivah season end (and the Bay Area keeps a different day from the East Coast).

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