🪷 1917 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 1917

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)
1917-01-03WedŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1917-01-19FriKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1917-02-02FriŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1917-02-17SatKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1917-03-04SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1917-03-19MonKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1917-04-03TueŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1917-04-17TueKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1917-05-02WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1917-06-01FriŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1917-06-15FriKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1917-06-30SatŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1917-07-14SatKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1917-07-30MonŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1917-08-13MonKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1917-08-28TueŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1917-09-11TueKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1917-10-11ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1917-10-26FriŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1917-11-10SatKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1917-11-24SatŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1917-12-10MonKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1917-12-24MonŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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