🪷 2009 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 2009

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)
2009-01-07WedŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
2009-01-21WedKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2009-02-05ThuŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2009-02-20FriKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2009-03-07SatŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2009-03-22SunKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2009-04-05SunŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2009-04-20MonKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2009-04-21TueKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2009-05-04MonŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2009-05-20WedKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2009-06-03WedŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2009-06-18ThuKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2009-07-02ThuŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2009-07-18SatKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2009-08-01SatŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2009-08-16SunKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2009-08-31MonŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2009-09-14MonKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2009-09-29TueŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2009-10-14WedKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2009-10-29ThuŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2009-11-12ThuKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2009-11-28SatŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2009-12-12SatKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2009-12-27SunŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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