🪷 1985 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 1985

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)
1985-01-02WedŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1985-02-01FriŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1985-02-15FriKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1985-03-03SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1985-03-17SunKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1985-04-01MonŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1985-04-15MonKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1985-05-15WedKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1985-05-30ThuŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1985-06-13ThuKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1985-06-14FriKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1985-06-28FriŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1985-07-13SatKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1985-07-27SatŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1985-08-12MonKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1985-08-26MonŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1985-09-10TueKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1985-09-24TueŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1985-10-10ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1985-10-24ThuŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1985-11-08FriKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1985-11-22FriŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1985-11-23SatŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1985-12-08SunKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1985-12-22SunŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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