🪷 2006 Ekādaśī Calendar · 27 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 27 occurrences in 2006

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)
2006-01-10TueŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
2006-01-25WedKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2006-02-08WedŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2006-02-24FriKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2006-03-10FriŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2006-03-25SatKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2006-04-09SunŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2006-04-23SunKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2006-05-08MonŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2006-05-23TueKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2006-06-07WedŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2006-06-21WedKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2006-07-06ThuŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2006-07-07FriŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2006-07-20ThuKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2006-08-05SatŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2006-08-19SatKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2006-09-03SunŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2006-09-17SunKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2006-09-18MonKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2006-10-03TueŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2006-10-17TueKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2006-11-01WedŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2006-11-16ThuKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2006-12-01FriŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2006-12-16SatKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2006-12-30SatŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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