🪷 2013 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 2013

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)
2013-01-08TueKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2013-01-22TueŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
2013-02-06WedKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2013-02-21ThuŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2013-03-23SatŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2013-04-06SatKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2013-04-21SunŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2013-04-22MonŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2013-05-05SunKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2013-05-21TueŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2013-06-04TueKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2013-06-19WedŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2013-07-03WedKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
2013-07-04ThuKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
2013-07-19FriŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2013-08-02FriKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2013-08-17SatŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2013-09-01SunKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2013-09-15SunŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2013-09-30MonKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2013-10-15TueŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2013-10-30WedKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2013-11-13WedŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2013-11-29FriKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2013-12-13FriŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2013-12-28SatKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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