🪷 1978 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 1978

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)
1978-01-05ThuKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1978-01-19ThuŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1978-02-03FriKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1978-02-18SatŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1978-03-05SunKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1978-03-20MonŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1978-04-03MonKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1978-04-18TueŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1978-04-19WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1978-05-18ThuŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1978-06-01ThuKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1978-06-16FriŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1978-06-30FriKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1978-07-16SunŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1978-07-30SunKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1978-08-14MonŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1978-08-29TueKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1978-09-12TueŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1978-09-27WedKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1978-10-12ThuŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1978-10-27FriKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1978-11-10FriŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1978-11-26SunKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1978-12-10SunŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1978-12-25MonKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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