Apara Ekadasi, aka Bhadrakali Ekadashi or Bhadrakali Jayanti, is an auspicious Ekadasi vrat dedicated to Lord Vishnu. In 2025, date of Apara Ekadashi is 23 May 2025, today.
In Punjab and some places in Haryana and North India it is also celebrated as Bhadrakali Ekadasi or the birthday of Goddess Bhadrakali.
Ekadashi begins at 1.12 AM on 23 May 2025 and ends on 23 May at 10.29 PM.
Apara Ekadasi (Bhadrakali Ekadashi) falls in Krishna Paksha of Jyestha month as per North Indian calendars and in Vaishakh month as per Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, and Marathi calendars.