Chaturmas 2026 (चातुर्मास)
🕉️ Vishnu (in Yoga Nidra / cosmic rest)
About Chaturmas
The 4 months from Devshayani Ekadashi (Ashadha Shukla — "Vishnu goes to sleep") to Devutthana/Prabodhini Ekadashi (Kartik Shukla — "Vishnu/the Devas awaken"). A period of reduced worldly activity and heightened spiritual focus — also significant in Jain tradition, where monks halt travel and stay in one place for its duration.
🪔 Puja Vidhi
No single fixed daily ritual — many take up a personal vow (sankalpa) for the duration (abstaining from one food, extra japa, or daily scripture reading); Bhagavata/Ramayana Katha recitals and pilgrimage are especially common in this period.
- Scripture study / Katha (Bhagavata, Ramayana)
- A personal vrata or sankalpa for the duration
- Charity and pilgrimage
- Weddings, Griha Pravesh, Upanayanam (thread ceremony), and other major life-cycle Sanskars
- Some traditions also restrict specific foods month-by-month — this varies regionally enough that it isn't listed here as one fixed rule
Frequently Asked Questions
Chaturmas runs from Devshayani Ekadashi to Devutthana/Prabodhini Ekadashi — see the exact 2026 dates above.
Vishnu is said to enter cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) for these 4 months — considered inauspicious for weddings and other major life-cycle ceremonies until he "awakens."
Many take up a personal vow (sankalpa) for the duration, alongside scripture study, extra japa, or pilgrimage.