🪷 1885 Ekādaśī Calendar · 24 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 24 occurrences in 1885

यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्।
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्॥
"Whatever you do · whatever you eat · whatever you offer · whatever you give · whatever austerities you perform · O Kaunteya · do it as an offering to Me." — Bhagavad-Gītā 9.27 — Ekādaśī observance turns daily eating into supreme yajña

Ekādaśī is the eleventh tithi (lunar day) of each pakṣa (fortnight). Two Ekādaśīs per month · 24 across the lunar year (occasionally 26 when there's an extra month). Vaiṣṇavas traditionally fast on these days · offering even food-restraint to Viṣṇu. Each Ekādaśī carries its own name and merit per the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa and Padma-Purāṇa.

DateDayPakṣaName (if classical)
1885-01-11SunKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1885-01-26MonŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1885-02-10TueKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1885-02-25WedŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1885-03-12ThuKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1885-03-26ThuŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1885-04-11SatKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1885-04-25SatŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1885-05-10SunKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1885-05-24SunŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1885-06-09TueKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1885-06-23TueŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1885-07-08WedKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1885-07-22WedŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1885-08-06ThuKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1885-08-21FriŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1885-09-19SatŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1885-10-04SunKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1885-10-19MonŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1885-11-02MonKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1885-11-18WedŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1885-12-02WedKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1885-12-17ThuŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1885-12-31ThuKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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