🪷 1976 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 1976

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)
1976-01-12MonŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1976-01-13TueŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1976-01-27TueKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1976-02-11WedŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1976-02-25WedKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1976-03-12FriŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1976-03-26FriKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1976-04-10SatŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1976-04-24SatKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1976-05-24MonKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1976-06-08TueŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1976-06-23WedKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1976-07-07WedŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1976-07-22ThuKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1976-08-05ThuŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1976-08-21SatKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1976-09-04SatŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1976-09-19SunKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1976-10-03SunŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1976-10-19TueKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1976-11-02TueŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1976-11-17WedKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1976-12-02ThuŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1976-12-17FriKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1976-12-31FriŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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