🪷 1988 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 1988

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)
1988-01-15FriKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1988-01-29FriŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1988-02-14SunKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1988-02-28SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1988-03-14MonKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1988-03-29TueŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1988-04-12TueKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1988-04-27WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1988-05-12ThuKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1988-05-27FriŚuklaEkādaśī
1988-06-10FriKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1988-06-25SatŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1988-07-09SatKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
1988-07-25MonŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1988-08-08MonKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1988-08-23TueŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1988-09-06TueKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1988-09-22ThuŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1988-10-06ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1988-10-21FriŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1988-11-05SatKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1988-11-19SatŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1988-12-05MonKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1988-12-19MonŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)

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