Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2025: This year, Dev Uthani Ekadashi will be celebrated tomorrow, November 1st. Dev Uthani Ekadashi is dedicated to Lord Vishnu, and it is said that on this day, he awakens from his four-month yogic sleep. The Ekadashi fast is considered very virtuous and strict. Therefore, caution should be exercised in eating habits during the Ekadashi fast, and today we will tell you what to eat and what not to eat during this fast.

What should be eaten during the Dev Uthani Ekadashi fast?

  1. Fruits and dried fruits can be consumed during the Dev Uthani Ekadashi fast.
  2. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, arbi, and sago can also be eaten on this day.
  3. During the Ekadashi fast, you can eat puris, parathas, or pakodas made from water chestnut flour, buckwheat flour, and rajgira flour.
  4. Milk, yoghurt, buttermilk, cheese, and ghee can be consumed during the Ekadashi fast.
  5. Only rock salt, black pepper, green chillies, and cumin powder can be consumed during the Devuthani Ekadashi fast.

What should not be eaten during the Devuthani Ekadashi fast?

  1. Consumption of all pulses, except rice, wheat, barley, millet, and corn, is prohibited during the Devuthani Ekadashi fast.
  2. Garlic, onion, meat, fish, and alcohol should also be avoided on this day.
  3. Common salt is not used during the Devuthani Ekadashi fast.
  4. Vegetables such as cabbage, carrots, spinach, eggplant, and turnip should also not be eaten during the Devuthani Ekadashi fast.

Rules for the Devuthani Ekadashi fast

  1. After taking a bath on the day of Devuthani Ekadashi, one should meditate on Lord Vishnu and take a vow to observe the fast.
  2. On this day, one should observe celibacy in thought, word, and deed.
  3. Tulsi leaves are not plucked on Ekadashi, and if Tulsi leaves are needed for hunger, they should be plucked a day in advance.
  4. One should not criticise anyone, lie, or argue with anyone during the Ekadashi fast.
  5. One should not sleep on Ekadashi and should engage in bhajan-kirtan on such occasions.
  6. The fast should be broken only on the next day, during the auspicious time of Dwadashi.
  7. One should not consume rice or any tamasic food during the Ekadashi fast.