🪷 1972 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 1972

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)
1972-01-12WedKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1972-01-26WedŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1972-02-10ThuKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1972-02-24ThuŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1972-03-11SatKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1972-03-25SatŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1972-04-09SunKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1972-04-24MonŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1972-05-09TueKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1972-05-23TueŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1972-06-07WedKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1972-06-22ThuŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1972-07-06ThuKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1972-07-21FriŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1972-08-05SatKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1972-08-20SunŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1972-09-03SunKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1972-09-19TueŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1972-10-03TueKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1972-10-18WedŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1972-11-01WedKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1972-11-17FriŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1972-12-01FriKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1972-12-16SatŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1972-12-31SunKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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