🪷 2008 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 2008

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)
2008-01-03ThuKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2008-01-04FriKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2008-01-18FriŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2008-02-02SatKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2008-02-17SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2008-03-03MonKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2008-03-17MonŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2008-04-02WedKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2008-04-16WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2008-05-01ThuKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2008-05-15ThuŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2008-05-30FriKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2008-06-14SatŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2008-06-29SunKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2008-07-13SunŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2008-07-28MonKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2008-08-12TueŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2008-08-26TueKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2008-09-11ThuŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2008-09-25ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2008-10-10FriŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2008-10-24FriKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2008-11-09SunŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2008-11-23SunKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2008-12-08MonŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2008-12-22MonKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2008-12-23TueKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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