Gita Jayanti (Mokshada Ekadashi) 2026
Gita Jayanti (Mokshada Ekadashi) falls on Sunday, 20 December 2026 (New Delhi).
Gita Jayanti, on Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi, marks the day Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna at Kurukshetra. Devotees recite the Gita and keep the Mokshada Ekadashi fast.
Dates
| 2026 | Sunday, 20 December 2026 · Full calendar 2026 |
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| 2027 | Thursday, 9 December 2027 · Full calendar 2027 |
| 2028 | Monday, 27 November 2028 · Full calendar 2028 |
How the date is set
It is kept in the lunar month of Margashirsha, Shukla paksha Ekadashi, on the day of the tithi prevailing at sunrise (udaya tithi).
Lunar months here are amanta (new moon to new moon); in the purnimanta reckoning used in much of North India, the Krishna paksha belongs to the next month. Communities follow their own rules for some festivals, so a local almanac may keep a few on a neighbouring day.
Dates are computed with this site's panchang (Lahiri ayanamsa) for New Delhi. Times of sunrise and the tithi differ by place, so a date can shift by a day for cities far from Delhi; the calendar pages recalculate for your city. All festivals →