When is Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 2012?

On Wednesday, 4 January 2012 in India. Runs from 4 Jan 06:12 IST to 5 Jan 08:35 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.

Pausha Putrada Ekadashi as it was kept in 2012.

Next date: 19 January 2027

Pausha Putrada Ekadashi 2012

Wednesday, 4 January 2012, in Ahmedabad

EkadashiGujarati · Hindu

Panchang on the day

January 2012Posh · Vikram 2068 Shobhakrit

Wednesday

Waxing Eleventh

until 08:35 next day

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Sunrise: 07:20
Sunset: 18:08
Moonrise: 14:07
Nakshatra: Bharani; until 21:37
Yoga: Siddha; until 09:51
Karana: Vanija; until 19:26

Rahu Kalam 12:44 to 14:05
Yamaganda 08:41 to 10:02

Full panchang for 4 January Choghadiya The day, hour by hour

Why this date

Posh Waxing Eleventh, taken at sunrise

Runs from 4 Jan 06:12 IST to 5 Jan 08:35 IST.

In short

Pausha Putrada Ekadashi is a Ekadashi vrat observed according to the Hindu calendar. Its date and customary practices can vary by region and local Panchang.

The story

Pausha Putrada Ekadashi is observed in Pausha Shukla Paksha, or Posh Sud in Gujarat. Its vrat-katha tells of King Suketuman of Bhadravati and Queen Shaibya. Despite ruling a flourishing kingdom, they grieve because they have no child and worry about their family's future and ancestral rites. Overwhelmed, the king leaves the palace and wanders into a forest. There he reaches a lake where sages are gathered and asks them for guidance.

The sages explain that it is Putrada Ekadashi and recommend Vishnu worship with a disciplined vow. Suketuman returns to observe the fast, completes the prescribed Dwadashi observance and continues praying with the queen. The sacred account says they are blessed with a son. Its promises of children belong to religious belief and must not be presented as medical evidence that fasting treats infertility; families without children deserve equal dignity.

Devotees pray for family welfare, worship Vishnu, read the katha and may fast according to health. Pausha Putrada is distinct from the other Putrada Ekadashi of Shravan Shukla. The local selection of Ekadashi and Dwadashi parana needs checking against Smarta and Vaishnava practices.

Why it matters

Kept for a child, and by parents for a child's wellbeing. One of two Putrada ekadashis in the year - this the winter one, in Paush.

What people do

Vishnu worship, katha, family-welfare prayers and optional fast with locally timed parana.

Fasting

Posh's bright fortnight - the winter counterpart of the Shravan one, and kept for the same thing.

Told differently elsewhere

Pausha Shukla Ekadashi; distinct from Shravan Shukla Putrada Ekadashi.

Questions people ask

When is Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 2012?: On Wednesday, 4 January 2012 in India. Runs from 4 Jan 06:12 IST to 5 Jan 08:35 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.

Dates in the coming years

Last kept30 December 2025

Ekadashi 2012