🪷 1997 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 1997

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)
1997-01-05SunKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1997-01-19SunŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1997-02-03MonKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1997-02-17MonŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1997-03-05WedKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1997-03-19WedŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1997-04-03ThuKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1997-04-18FriŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1997-05-02FriKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1997-05-18SunŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1997-06-01SunKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1997-06-16MonŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1997-06-30MonKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1997-07-16WedŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1997-07-30WedKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1997-08-14ThuŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1997-08-28ThuKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1997-09-12FriŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1997-09-27SatKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1997-10-12SunŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1997-10-26SunKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1997-11-10MonŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1997-11-25TueKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1997-12-10WedŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1997-12-25ThuKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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