🪷 2012 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 2012

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)
2012-01-04WedŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
2012-01-19ThuKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2012-02-03FriŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2012-02-17FriKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2012-03-04SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2012-03-18SunKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2012-04-02MonŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2012-04-16MonKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2012-05-02WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2012-05-16WedKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2012-05-31ThuŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2012-06-15FriKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2012-06-29FriŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2012-07-14SatKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2012-07-29SunŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2012-08-13MonKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2012-08-27MonŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2012-09-11TueKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2012-09-25TueŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2012-10-11ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2012-10-25ThuŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2012-11-10SatKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2012-11-24SatŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2012-12-09SunKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2012-12-23SunŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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