🪷 1897 Ekādaśī Calendar · 23 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 23 occurrences in 1897

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)
1897-01-14ThuŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1897-01-28ThuKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1897-02-13SatŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1897-02-27SatKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1897-03-14SunŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1897-03-28SunKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1897-04-13TueŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1897-04-27TueKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1897-05-12WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1897-05-26WedKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1897-05-27ThuKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1897-06-25FriKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1897-07-10SatŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1897-07-25SunKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1897-08-08SunŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1897-08-23MonKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1897-09-06MonŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1897-09-22WedKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1897-10-06WedŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1897-10-21ThuKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1897-11-04ThuŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1897-11-20SatKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1897-12-04SatŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)

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