🪷 1986 Ekādaśī Calendar · 23 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 23 occurrences in 1986

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)
1986-01-06MonKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1986-01-21TueŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1986-02-20ThuŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1986-03-06ThuKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1986-03-22SatŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1986-04-20SunŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1986-05-04SunKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1986-05-19MonŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1986-06-03TueKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1986-06-18WedŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1986-07-02WedKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1986-07-17ThuŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1986-08-01FriKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1986-08-15FriŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1986-08-30SatKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1986-09-14SunŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1986-09-29MonKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1986-10-13MonŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1986-10-29WedKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1986-11-12WedŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1986-11-27ThuKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1986-12-11ThuŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1986-12-27SatKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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