🪷 1916 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 1916

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)
1916-01-01SatKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1916-01-16SunŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1916-02-14MonŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1916-02-29TueKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1916-03-15WedŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1916-03-29WedKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1916-04-14FriŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1916-04-28FriKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1916-05-13SatŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1916-05-27SatKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1916-06-12MonŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1916-06-26MonKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
1916-07-11TueŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1916-07-25TueKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1916-08-09WedŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1916-08-24ThuKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1916-09-08FriŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1916-09-23SatKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1916-10-07SatŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1916-10-22SunKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1916-11-05SunŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1916-11-21TueKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1916-12-05TueŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1916-12-21ThuKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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