🪷 2014 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 2014

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)
2014-01-11SatŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
2014-01-27MonKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2014-02-10MonŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2014-02-25TueKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2014-03-12WedŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2014-03-26WedKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2014-04-10ThuŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2014-04-11FriŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2014-04-25FriKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2014-05-10SatŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2014-05-24SatKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2014-06-09MonŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2014-07-08TueŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2014-07-22TueKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2014-08-06WedŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2014-08-21ThuKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2014-09-05FriŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2014-09-19FriKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2014-10-04SatŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2014-10-19SunKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2014-11-02SunŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2014-11-18TueKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2014-12-02TueŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2014-12-17WedKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2014-12-31WedŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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