🪷 1971 Ekādaśī Calendar · 25 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 25 occurrences in 1971

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)
1971-01-07ThuŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1971-01-22FriKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1971-02-05FriŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1971-02-21SunKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1971-03-07SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1971-03-22MonKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1971-04-06TueŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1971-04-21WedKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1971-05-05WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1971-05-06ThuŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1971-05-20ThuKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1971-06-04FriŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1971-06-18FriKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1971-07-04SunŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1971-07-18SunKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1971-08-02MonŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1971-08-16MonKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1971-09-01WedŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1971-09-15WedKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1971-09-30ThuŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1971-10-14ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1971-11-13SatKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1971-11-28SunŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1971-12-13MonKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1971-12-27MonŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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