🪷 1978 Ekādaśī Calendar · 24 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 24 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
1978-01-20FriŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1978-02-18SatŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1978-03-05SunKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1978-03-20MonŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1978-04-03MonKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1978-04-19WedŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1978-05-03WedKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1978-05-18ThuŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1978-06-01ThuKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1978-06-17SatŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1978-07-01SatKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
1978-07-16SunŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1978-07-30SunKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1978-08-14MonŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1978-08-29TueKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1978-09-13WedŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1978-09-28ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1978-10-12ThuŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1978-10-27FriKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1978-11-10FriŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1978-11-26SunKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1978-12-10SunŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1978-12-26TueKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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