🪷 1977 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 1977

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)
1977-01-01SatŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1977-01-15SatKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1977-01-30SunŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1977-02-14MonKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1977-03-01TueŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1977-03-15TueKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1977-03-31ThuŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1977-04-14ThuKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1977-04-29FriŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1977-05-13FriKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1977-06-12SunKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1977-06-27MonŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1977-07-11MonKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1977-07-26TueŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1977-08-10WedKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1977-08-24WedŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1977-09-09FriKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1977-09-23FriŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1977-10-08SatKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1977-10-22SatŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1977-11-07MonKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1977-11-21MonŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1977-12-06TueKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1977-12-20TueŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1977-12-21WedŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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