Mokshada Ekadashi 2025: Date, Time, Parana Timings, Significance, Vrat Katha And Rituals

Mokshada Ekadashi 2025: The Ekadashi Tithi of the Shukla Paksha of the month of Margashirsha is known as Mokshada Ekadashi and Vaikuntha Ekadashi. This Ekadashi vrat is also called Mauni Ekadashi since many people choose to practice silence on this day. It was on this auspicious day that Lord Krishna preached the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna in Kurukshetra, which is why Gita Jayanti is also celebrated on this day. This fast is observed to attain Moksha or Salvation. The effect of observing this Ekadashi fast liberates ancestors from all sins. As per the Dainik Panchang, Mokshada Ekadashi will be observed this year on 1st December 2025.

Check out all the important details regarding the date, time, parana timings, significance and vrat katha associated with this vrat below:

Mokshada Ekadashi 2025: Date And Time

- Mokshada Ekadashi 2025: 1st December 2025, Monday

- Ekadashi Tithi Begins: 09:29 PM, 30th November 2025

- Ekadashi Tithi Ends: 07:01 PM, 1st December 2025

Mokshada Ekadashi 2025: Parana Timings

As per the Panchang, the Parana timings for Mokshada Ekadashi are from 06:57 AM to 09:03 AM on the 2nd December 2025. Dwadashi end moment on Parana Day is at 03:57 PM.

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Mokshada Ekadashi Vrat is observed every year on the Margashirsha Shukla Paksha Ekadashi tithi. (Image Source: Canva) 

Mokshada Ekadashi 2025: Significance

According to scriptures, devotees who observe the Mokshada Ekadashi fast are freed from their past sins and go directly to Vaikuntha Dham. These ancestors bless their children with food, wealth, and the blessings of sons and grandsons. The Ekadashi fast enhances the fasting person's fame and honour, bringing immense happiness to their lives. Furthermore, the doors of Vaikuntha Dham open for the fasting person, allowing them to reap the benefits of all the Ekadashi fasts of the year.

Mokshada Ekadashi 2025: Rituals

Devotees must wake up in the Brahma Muhurta in the morning, bathe, and wear clean clothes. Then, make a vow to fast. Install an idol or photo of Lord Vishnu in your home's prayer area, purify the surrounding area with Ganga water, and light a lamp. Offer yellow flowers, tulsi leaves, Panchamrit, fruits, bananas, and yellow sweets to Lord Vishnu. Maintain a sattvic state throughout the day. Choose to eat fruits or observe a nirjala fast.

Chant the mantra "Om Namo Bhagwate Vasudevaya" throughout the day. Reciting the Gita on this day is considered highly auspicious, so be sure to read or listen to at least one chapter. In the evening, light a lamp and worship Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi. At night, singing hymns, meditating, and remembering the Lord enhance the benefits of the fast. Perform the parana of the vrat on the next day.

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Mokshada Ekadashi 2025: Vrat Katha 

Long ago, there was a king named Vaikhanasa. His subjects were very satisfied with him, and his kingdom lacked nothing. The king's rule was going very well. One day, while the king was resting, he dreamt that his father was suffering terribly in hell, agonising over death. The king saw his father constantly pleading with him to relieve him of this suffering. This deeply saddened the king and awakened him from his sleep. The next morning, the king woke early and summoned all the learned and pundits to recount the story of his dream and ask them the secret behind it.

The pundits said to the king, "O King! You must go to the ashram of a saint named Parvat and ask for a solution to your father's salvation." Accepting the solution suggested by the Brahmins, the king went to the sage's ashram and told him his problem. After listening to the entire story, Parvat Rishi expressed his concern and said, "O King! Your father has been sent to hell due to the sinful deeds of his previous life. For your father's well-being, you should observe the fast of Mokshada Ekadashi and dedicate the fruits of this fast to your father. By doing so, he will be freed from the sins of his previous life and attain salvation." As per the sage's advice, the king observed the fast of Mokshada Ekadashi and received blessings from the poor by giving them food, donations, and clothes. By offering the merits earned from this fast to his father, he attained salvation.

(Disclaimer: This content includes advice providing generic information only. It is in no way a substitute for qualified spiritual or astrological opinion. Always consult a specialist for more information before adopting any measures.)