🪷 1987 Ekādaśī Calendar · 26 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 26 occurrences in 1987

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)
1987-01-10SatŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1987-01-25SunKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1987-02-09MonŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1987-02-24TueKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1987-03-11WedŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1987-03-25WedKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1987-04-09ThuŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1987-04-23ThuKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1987-05-09SatŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1987-05-23SatKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1987-06-07SunŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1987-06-21SunKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1987-07-07TueŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1987-07-21TueKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1987-08-05WedŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1987-08-19WedKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1987-08-20ThuKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1987-09-03ThuŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1987-09-18FriKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1987-10-03SatŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1987-10-18SunKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1987-11-01SunŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1987-11-17TueKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1987-12-01TueŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1987-12-16WedKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1987-12-30WedŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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